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Trump II: So what for the UK economy?

by Savvas Savouri | Nov 18, 2024 | The Economist, zNewsletter

In the wake of Trump’s return to Executive office we have witnessed “financials” record sizeable moves. These have involved super-charging trends seen ahead of the frenzied electioneering and, in some cases, reversing what had come before; with markets for...

1660: the Restoration of Charles II

by David L. Smith | Nov 11, 2024 | The Historian, zOtherDiversions

On Saturday, 29 May 1660, the diarist John Evelyn wrote: “I stood in the Strand, and beheld it, and blessed God: and all this without one drop of blood, and by that very army which rebelled against him.” Evelyn was describing the triumphal procession into London led...

Why Labour will effect leasehold legislation in 2025

by Harry Scoffin | Oct 14, 2024 | Residential Investor, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

It is a truism that policy is always downstream from voter opinion. But not all voters are equal. For Labour to go from its worst general election result since 1935 to becoming government in a single term, they needed their vote to be highly efficient, targeting the...

The next City of London invasion

by Savvas Savouri | Sep 30, 2024 | Head Of Research, zNewsletter

Whilst working in “The City” has provided me with a great many things, there is one that I most cherish; it introduced me to colleagues, who quickly became friends; and remained so, even once our careers separated us (full disclosure, there were colleagues for whom I...

Did the Bank of England set Britain on the road to ruin?

by Iain Murray | Sep 2, 2024 | The Economist, zEditor's pick, zLead Article

“The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street” is the affectionate nickname of the Bank of England, as respected an institution as Britain ever had. Calling something as “safe as the Bank of England” was the highest praise of surety and soundness. Should any financial...