For months, ministers were resolute. Britain, they insisted, must remain aligned to the rest of Europe. It would spell ruin if we were to simply leave, they said. And they kept on saying that, until the day we actually left. I refer not to what might happen in a few weeks’ time when Britain is scheduled to leave […]
So, you want to heal the generational divide? Thinktankers and policymakers have been out in force over the past few weeks throwing ideas around about how to shift some of the burden from the shoulders of my generation – the student loan generation, generation rent, “those entitled millennials”. The vast majority of those ideas are, […]
The Prime Minister’s decision to appoint Sajid Javid to take over from Amber Rudd as Home Secretary was shrewd. He was the one member of the Cabinet with the credibility to defuse the Windrush scandal quickly, having himself been born to parents who arrived in the UK at around the same time. Mrs May could […]
The British Prime Minister Theresa May has been taking criticism, both at home and in EU circles, for being unable to answer precisely the question of what sort of relationship she wants the UK to have with the EU after it has ceased to be a member of the Union. While there are different opinions […]
An update from among the parliamentarians. […]
Adrian Pepper reflects on the Labour and Conservative party conferences. […]
Our Macro commentator on the outlook for sterling. […]
Jonathan Davis speaks to the leading property academic about proptech, gilt yields, and real estate in academia. […]
Our political insider on the last week in UK politics. […]
Matein Khalid’s macro perspective on the UK general election, plus investing in Singapore and Indonesia and the future of the US Dollar Index. […]
