City of London grandees celebrate Conservative majority December 15, 2019 City heavyweights have lined up to express bullish excitement about the Square Mile’s prospects after the Conservatives’ landslide election win. Boris Johnson’s self-proclaimed “stonking” majority means the UKwill leave the EU by 31 January, which pundits say will provide desperately needed clarity for the financial sector. Read more: UK stocks surge after Conservative win ends [...]
Jordan B Peterson interview: The unlikely conservative superstar March 1, 2021 As Jordan Peterson’s new book Beyond Order is released, we revisit our 2018 interview with the unlikely conservative superstar, discussing the high price of fame, causing offence and that interview with Cathy Newman. ••• Professor Jordan B Peterson’s apartment smells of meat. It’s 8am and his wife, Tammy, is fastidiously slicing a pile of steaks, [...]
Polls put Conservatives in line for a comfortable election victory October 29, 2019 An aggregate of recent polling predicts the Conservatives will have a comfortable victory over Labour as parties begin to get on election footing for December. An average of major polls in October has the Tories with 35.69 per cent of the vote, according to City A.M.‘s own analysis. That compares to 25.13 per cent for [...]
Jacob Rees-Mogg says sorry to Grenfell victims for saying they lacked ‘common sense’ November 5, 2019 Jacob Rees-Mogg has apologised to Grenfell victims for saying they lacked “common sense”. The Leader of the House of Commons said on Monday it would be common sense to have ignored the London Fire Brigade’s (LFB) advice to “stay and wait” during the fire, which killed 72 people. Read more: Grenfell report: Fire services’ serious [...]
Boris Johnson’s election pledge: Let’s end Brexit groundhog day November 13, 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to call on voters to end the “groundhoggery” of Brexit in his first major General Election speech. The Prime Minister will say the UK cannot “squander” more time on deciding on the manner of its departure from the EU, and ask the public to let him “get Brexity done”. [...]
Suspicious package sent to Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson’s office November 4, 2019 Police are investigating a suspicious package that was sent to the Westminster office of Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson. Metropolitan Police officers attended the scene early this morning. Read more: Jo Swinson elected leader of the Liberal Democrats A statement from the Met said: “Police attended Portcullis House, Westminster at 0951hrs today following reports of [...]
General election 2019: Council taxes likely to rise more under Tories, says IFS December 2, 2019 Council tax rates are likely to rise more under a Conservative government than a Labour one, in order to cover local government costs, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned. The Tories have not allocated enough funding to meet local government requirements, even with a four per cent rise in council tax. Read more: Both [...]
Wetherspoon’s boss Tim Martin says he is concerned about Labour’s plans for the economy December 10, 2019 Wetherspoon’s boss Tim Martin said today that he is concerned about the Labour Party’s plans for the economy. “I’m worried by [Jeremy] Corbyn and [John] McDonnell’s plans. Wetherspoon has thrived in a free market economy under Conservative and Labour governments and the current Labour leadership prefers state ownership and control,” he told City A.M. A [...]
We are blind to the soft-left bias across British institutions March 3, 2020 A few weeks ago, I went to an art exhibition at Somerset House called 24/7. Billed as “a wake-up call for our non-stop world”, it promised to explore the many ways in which technology is speeding up our lives. This was, admittedly, something of a busman’s holiday. Back in 2016, I wrote a book called [...]
UK GDP: Economy stagnates in run up to General Election December 10, 2019 The UK economy stagnated in October under the weight of yet more political uncertainty and a global slowdown, official figures showed this morning. British GDP’s failure to grow was worse than the 0.1 per cent expansion economists had expected. It marked an improvement from the 0.1 per cent fall seen in September, however. Read more: [...]