I heard a wise Irishman say some wise things shortly after The Referendum. He’s an economist who...
Coronavirus
“Herd immunity could develop from just 43% of people catching Covid-19 as long as it infects the most socially active, scientists claim”
I took son 3 to see ‘War of the Worlds with his elder brothers when he was about 10. In my...
“Mid-year Outlook: Recovery on the horizon”
Have to say, all the economic and stock-market outlook stuff I’m getting from both pundits and...
“NHS coronavirus contact-tracing app ditched in major U-turn”
I hate to say ‘I told you so’ but, well, I did. Financial services companies with huge IT...
‘Coronavirus: The new rules for days out at theme parks and museums’
I bet if you asked most members of the cabinet what we can and can’t do at the moment, they’d be...
“Coronavirus: Job cuts warning as 600,000 roles go in lockdown”
Reasons to be cheerful, one, two, three? Not that many if you can't afford to put food on the...
‘Tory MPs urge Boris Johnson to cut 2m physical distancing’
Certain loud motoring journos have argued for years that our speed limits should be increased,...
‘Lockdown and Social Distancing — Are There Positives?’
I don’t often agree with anyone from OFSTED (I did 12 years as a school governor, won’t say...
“The George Floyd murder and Covid-19 have hurt Trump, but maybe not fatally”
I know I talk a lot about the lessons of history; but here are some more. In 1968, there were...
“Is ‘tsunami’ of UK job losses likely?”
The doom is starting to overtake the gloom in predictions of the state of the economy post-it-all....
‘It would be a shame to go back to normal’
In the midst of lockdown, all the talk was of what would change for good. We’d be working from...
“NHS contact tracing app: how does it work and when can you download it?”
Financial services companies rely and are based on technology. They spend big bucks trying to get...
“Flexible working will be norm after lockdown, say Barclays and WPP bosses”
I was chatting to the wife of a City big-shot (‘He’s in M&A”) who was telling me how difficult...
So just what are the social distancing rules now?
I’m pretty sure that the likes of IDS are only wheeled out to make actual Government...
“FTSE falls as UK economy shrinks by 5.8% in March”
Most businesses are closed and no one’s been out for two months. So, yes, of course the economy...