Economy

The problem was that the new generation – born in the years after the war – came to believe and expect that prosperity could only go in one direction.

It is insane to believe that a country which can neither make nor import steel can also be a world leader in constructing windfarms

A large part of the over-50s have simply disappeared from the employment figures entirely , and so can't be coerced.

The obvious absence of an alternative to oil should have been a cause for concern from the outset.

As the economy becomes as overtaxed as it is under-paid, people simply walk away.

Interest rates are not going to be cut just because of a “soft landing.” They will only be cut because the economy is in crisis.

We can expect the establishment media to talk up any and every fragment of positive economic news, while wilfully ignoring the negative, right up until the last vote has been counted.

Unlike the 1980s, when the UK had several advantages to grow its way out of the self-harm of the early-1980s, this time around Britain has only disadvantages.

Why, given that it is likely that whatever oil and gas there is west of Shetland is going to stay in the ground, should investors have any interest?

The reason you’re eating out of a foodbank is because the Green-Industrial Complex ate your lunch.