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Any other business / How to be a truly patriotic millionaire

Patriotic Millionaires UK, led by the former City trader Gary Stevenson and endorsed by Gary Lineker, has ‘100-plus’ members but claims to speak...

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Any other business / The cinema is back

The hottest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen Scirocco GTI in metallic dark green. I once drove it overnight from London to Tuscany with a blind...

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Any other business / The cinema is back

The hottest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen Scirocco GTI in metallic dark green. I once drove it overnight from London to Tuscany with a blind...

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Any other business / The cinema is back

The hottest car I ever owned was a 1982 Volkswagen Scirocco GTI in metallic dark green. I once drove it overnight from London to Tuscany with a blind...

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Any other business / Count Binface has shown Burnham how to make a manifesto

Count Binface’s manifesto, made for Makerfield and tweaked for Clacton, is a rare point of light in today’s Stygian political landscape. Could...

20.07.2026 10

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Any other business / Count Binface has shown Burnham how to make a manifesto

Count Binface’s manifesto, made for Makerfield and tweaked for Clacton, is a rare point of light in today’s Stygian political landscape. Could...

20.07.2026 10

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Any other business / For true Brits, air con is as foreign as a bidet

A quartet of news stories all point in the same troubling direction. First, easyJet is about to become the latest notable name to leave the London...

09.07.2026 20

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The case against al fresco dining

Late in 2020, under semi-lockdown conditions, I viewed an empty flat in the Seven Dials enclave of Covent Garden, a stone’s throw east of Soho....

04.07.2026 10

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Any other business / Brexit was a huge opportunity shamefully mishandled

The Damascene moment in my personal Brexit journey came not when my pen hovered over the referendum ballot on 23 June 2016, but a month earlier. In...

22.06.2026 10

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Any other business / Brexit was a huge opportunity shamefully mishandled

The Damascene moment in my personal Brexit journey came not when my pen hovered over the referendum ballot on 23 June 2016, but a month earlier. In...

22.06.2026 20

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Any other business / Can we trust Palantir?

Best not to say too much about Albert Manifold, who was ousted as chairman of BP last week after only eight months in post over ‘governance...

10.06.2026 20

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Any other business / Can we trust Palantir?

Best not to say too much about Albert Manifold, who was ousted as chairman of BP last week after only eight months in post over ‘governance...

10.06.2026 20

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Any other business / People need to calm down about Nigel Farage’s bitcoin wheeze

There’s a Tube strike in the old-fashioned style as I write – and you’ll understand the irritation, mine and that of restaurateurs across...

28.04.2026 30

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Any other business / People need to calm down about Nigel Farage’s bitcoin wheeze

There’s a Tube strike in the old-fashioned style as I write – and you’ll understand the irritation, mine and that of restaurateurs across...

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Any other business / Bookshops deserve tax breaks

27.01.2026 30

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Any other business / Bookshops deserve tax breaks

27.01.2026 30

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Any other business / Why has Peter Thiel dumped his AI stocks?

25.11.2025 30

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Any other business / Why has Peter Thiel dumped his AI stocks?

25.11.2025 20

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Any other business / Income tax must rise ­– but Rachel Reeves must go

09.11.2025 30

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Income tax must rise ­– but Rachel Reeves must go

07.11.2025 30

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Any other business / Don’t surrender to soulless self-checkouts

07.10.2025 20

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Any other business / Don’t surrender to soulless self-checkouts

07.10.2025 20

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Any other business / The Pret plunge isn’t quite what it seems

12.09.2025 30

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My gastronomic tour de France

29.08.2025 40

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Any other business / In defence of fat cats’ growing pay packets

26.08.2025 30

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Any other business / In defence of fat cats’ growing pay packets

26.08.2025 30

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Any other business / Don’t compensate drivers for mis-sold car loans

15.07.2025 30

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Any other business / Don’t compensate drivers for mis-sold car loans

15.07.2025 30

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Any other business / What hope is there for today’s unlucky graduates?

07.07.2025 30

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Any other business / What hope is there for today’s unlucky graduates?

07.07.2025 30

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Any other business / Beef farmers have been stitched up

20.05.2025 20

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Any other business / Beef farmers have been stitched up

20.05.2025 20

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