By Ewen Stewart – 6 minute read THE LAST two weeks, since Kwasi Kwarteng’s now infamous budget, have perhaps been the most extraordinary in modern British political recollection. Truss and Kwarteng condemned, with almost religious like certainty, from a whole host of commentators from the IMF to Germany’s finance minister, from the usual suspects like the [...]
By Catherine McBride – 8 minute read THE CHANCELLOR’S mini-budget was both encouraging and disappointing. First, the good news. The Chancellor announced most of the things that Liz Truss had promised to do during her election campaign. This is a welcome surprise, for many years now despite having voted for Conservative Governments - smaller government [...]
By Ewen Stewart – 7 minute read MAKE NO MISTAKE, we face an economic crisis. The view that is being curated is that all was relatively fine until those right-wing barbarians, Truss and Kwarteng, ruined the party with their childish economics focusing tax cuts on the rich undermining stable public finances. How dare they! They [...]
By Richard Tice – 3 minute read MARKETS ARE BRUTAL and will abuse anyone perceived as weak. At the moment, bizarrely, it is the strongest player in the market who is allowing itself to be bullied after the bazooka fiscal event last Friday. The markets only heard about tax cuts, but also wanted to hear [...]
By Catherine McBride – 4 minute read (If you missed Part One before Friday's mini-budget, go here first.) ONE OF THE BEST THINGS about the Chancellor’s speech is that it did most of the things Liz Truss had promised to do during her election campaign. It seems incredible to say this but for many years now, [...]
