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Where is Rachel Reeves?

Where is Rachel Reeves?
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The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Mark Carney is not fit to be Canadian PM

Mark Carney is not fit to be Canadian PM

He has global experience. He has proven his leadership. And he has the management skills needed to turn around a sinking ship. As Mark Carney makes...

07.01.2025 2

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Mark Zuckerberg could regret Nick Clegg’s Meta departure

When Donald Trump won the US election, the writing was on the wall for Nick Clegg at Meta. Now, just a few weeks before Trump’s inauguration,...

03.01.2025 2

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Will taxpayers get their satellite bailout money back?

When the British government spent £400 million on the satellite internet start-up OneWeb back in 2020, it was seen as precisely the kind of...

27.12.2024 5

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Rachel Reeves has shattered economic confidence

A few journalists have pointed it out. So have some Conservative and Reform MPs, think tanks and one or two of the City banks. Now, it is official:...

20.12.2024 10

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Labour is staring down the barrel of an inflation crisis

With job vacancies falling, and with GDP contracting, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves might have assumed that her final week before Christmas could...

18.12.2024 4

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Labour will regret selling Royal Mail

It will maintain the single price ‘universal service obligation’. The government will keep its ‘golden share’. And there are ‘legally...

16.12.2024 5

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Allow Shein to list in London

There are, in fairness, plenty of reasons why the City might be reluctant to embrace the Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein. Its disposable fashion...

12.12.2024 2

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

A failing steel company is the last thing the state should buy

It could be backing the hottest start-ups in Artificial Intelligence. It could be nurturing space businesses, or flying taxis, or at least...

04.12.2024 2

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Andrew Bailey will regret reopening the Brexit debate

Business taxes are soaring. Employment rights have been massively extended, the trade unions are getting more powers, companies are too dependent...

15.11.2024 4

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

If anyone can fix America’s bloated state, it’s Elon Musk

Perhaps he will walk through the lobby of the Pentagon with a kitchen sink. Or fire the entire IT department at the Fed, shift the IRS to Mars,...

13.11.2024 30

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Elon Musk’s support for Donald Trump is a masterstroke

Elon Musk contributed huge sums of money. He campaigned relentlessly. And his social media network X provided a platform for the candidate. Of all...

10.11.2024 6

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Markets must wait and see what Trump 2.0 will bring

Truth Social rocketed. Bitcoin soared in price. The dollar rose, and bond yields were up, while Chinese equities wobbled. Over the course of last...

06.11.2024 2

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Let’s see if ‘Patriotic Millionaires’ really want more tax

Dubai, Italy or perhaps the Bahamas? Many multi-millionaires are discussing where they should flee to as the Rachel Reeves prepares to raid their...

17.10.2024 1

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Rachel Reeves’ Budget is falling apart

It could be 30 per cent. Or 35 per cent? Or perhaps 39 per cent? Heck, who knows, if Rachel Reeves wants to keep the accountants on their toes,...

10.10.2024 1

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

The break-up of Google is long overdue

It’s innovative, it generates huge wealth, and it offers great products for completely nothing. The lobbyists for Alphabet, the parent company of...

09.10.2024 1

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Chinese tariffs won’t save British steel now

Cheap Chinese imports will flood the market. Even more jobs will be lost, and the country’s industrial base will be even weaker than it already is....

07.10.2024 1

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Rachel Reeves has chosen the worst possible moment for an ‘industrial strategy’

It is not hard to imagine what will be in Rachel Reeves’ ‘industrial strategy’. There will be lots of ‘green industries’, along with plenty...

23.09.2024 1

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

2030 / Electric vehicle targets are completely pointless

The Labour government might relax the ban on the sale of new petrol cars that is scheduled to come into force in six years time. That’s what...

16.09.2024 1

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

The real reason the Treasury can’t find the fiscal ‘black hole’

The Chancellor was so shocked when she received the briefings from Treasury officials that she had no choice but to scrap her election commitments....

12.09.2024 8

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Starmer’s social contract with the unions won’t work

There may be a few warnings about pay, and the inevitable references to the ‘black hole’ that has mysteriously appeared in the government’s...

10.09.2024 1

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Von der Leyen’s quest for gender parity is a pointless distraction

Its three largest economies are stuck in a deep structural slump. The budget is a mess, with the money running out, and it is rapidly losing...

03.09.2024 40

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Labour is exposing its economic ignorance

It must be the worst kept secret in the country. At almost every opportunity, the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and his Chancellor Rachel...

28.08.2024 1

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

If Ford can’t crack electric cars, no one can

It had the history, the manufacturing muscle, the capital, and the brand to make it work. When Ford announced plans to create an all-electric SUV,...

22.08.2024 10

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Rachel Reeves has already run out of cash

It was easy to mock it as a piece of political grandstanding. On taking office, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves almost immediately discovered a...

21.08.2024 1

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Why is Germany still cosying up to China?

Growth is slowing down. The property market is wobbling. And the government is tightening its grip on every form of economic activity. Global...

14.08.2024 5

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

The stock market tumble must be allowed to run its course

The markets are tumbling. Investors are bailing out. And there are already fears that the plunge in equities is a sign that a recession is just...

08.08.2024 1

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Why fears of US recession are justified

The bubble in artificial intelligence stocks has started to pop, two decades of easy money in Japan have finally started to come to an end, and...

06.08.2024 7

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Why has Donald Trump embraced crypto?

No one ever accused Donald Trump of ideological consistency. And yet, even by the standards of a man who often seems capable of switching positions...

30.07.2024 4

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

We will miss 1p and 2p coins

It doesn’t buy anything anymore. It is not enough to put into a charity box, and it just takes up space in your pocket or a purse. One one level,...

25.07.2024 2

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

Labour will struggle with its plan to get Britain back to work

Liz Kendall wants Britain to get back to work. The Work and Pensions Secretary has unveiled a target for the country to reach an 80 per cent...

23.07.2024 2

The Spectator

Matthew Lynn

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