Published in The Independent (January 26th, 2013) Davos is a rather absurd jamboree– so important to those who attend it and so irrelevant to the rest of the […]
Economics / Housing / Policy
We must make it easier to build homes in London
Published in the London Evening Standard (January 4th, 2013) There are plans for a handful of new houses in my neck of north London. It is a modest […]
Economics
There’s something profoundly wrong with a nation where only the ‘little people’ pay taxes
Published in The Daily Mail (November 14th, 2012) Amazon, Starbucks and Google are three of the corporate giants that define our age. In the space of just a […]
Technology
An epic, tragic blunder – but we must not let the BBC self-destruct
Published in The Independent on Sunday (November 11th, 2012) A few days ago, chatting to one of the country’s most senior Tories, I was shocked when he asked […]
Arts / Books / Economics
Outrageous fortunes
Published in The Observer (November 4th, 2012) Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super Rich by Chrystia Freeland (Allen Lane) Who is the richest person to have […]
Economics / Environment / Policy / Politics
Tory retreat on climate change is senseless
Published in The Guardian (October 29th, 2012) The year after David Cameron became Tory party leader, he did something party leaders normally never do: he spoke at a […]
Economics
A roaring British success: from rabble to record-breakers
Published in The Daily Mail (July 28th, 2012) Donna Green grew up in the shadow of the giant Cowley car plant on the outskirts of Oxford. Her grandfather […]
Economics
A £13bn boost to the economy? I don’t think so
Published in The Independent (July 6th, 2012) We are almost there. Less than three weeks until the starting pistol is fired on the world’s greatest sporting spectacular. Flags […]
Economics / Politics
Politicians are the last people who should investigate corrupt City spivs
Published in The Daily Mail (July 4th, 2012) So farewell then, Bob Diamond. Few will mourn the departure from British public life of this arrogant and over-paid American, […]
Economics / Immigration / Policy
Britain’s visa system: a V-sign to visitors
Published in The Guardian (May 15th, 2012) So this is the year Britain throws open its arms and welcomes the world to a unique double bill of sporting […]
Economics / Politics
Osborne has sent a missile into six years of Tory modernisation
Published in The Guardian (March 21st, 2012) There was much to admire when this heavily leaked budget was finally delivered: the cut in corporation tax, the lifting of […]