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The Brexit that could bypass us all

by Adrian Pepper | Sep 7, 2018 | Political Insider

The most common question I am asked as a political consultant is “How is all this going to play out?” Any answer can of course be dismissed as pure conjecture and no prediction will turn out to be 100 per cent correct. But by talking to people in the Government, in...

A tale of two parties

by Adrian Pepper | Oct 4, 2017 | Political Insider

What a contrast between the Labour and Conservative party conferences. One was more like a rock concert, the other a dull business convention. Labour members scent power and they are high on it. A palpable wave of excitement sweeps across the room as Jeremy Corbyn...

The anatomy of a British pound collapse

by Matein Khalid | Sep 4, 2017 | The Macro View

It took a North Korean ballistic missile launch and Hurricane Harvey’s devastation of the $500 billion Houston/Galveston/Corpus Christi economy to push sterling higher to 1.2950 against the US dollar. While the British pound is the most undervalued G-10 currency on...

Housing is now at the top of the political agenda

by Adrian Pepper | Jul 26, 2017 | Political Insider

Six months ago, building new homes for the British was heralded as one of the great crusades of Theresa May’s Conservative government. A housing green paper published in February led on the theme of looking after Generation Rent, with ministers quietly acknowledging...

The fallout from the UK election is self-evident

by Matein Khalid | Jun 12, 2017 | The Macro View

Like David Cameron’s Brexit referendum, Theresa May gambled her political career on her decision to hold a snap election to consolidate the Tory majority in the House of Commons. With 318 seats, Mrs May’s gamble backfired and the Tories are now forced to negotiate a...