Economist, Visiting Professor, Lecturer, Writer, Public Speaker.
Based on the post-war record of UK economic expansion, we may be about to experience a sharp slowdown (see chart A). Latest figures show that the UK grew by 0.4% in the final quarter of 2017, down by 0.1% from an earlier estimate of 0.5%. In the year as a whole, the UK economy expanded …
In a moment of hubris, or scenting what seemed like an opportunity, Theresa May called a UK general election believing the Tories to be unchallengeable. Her promises of stability and security now look especially ironic, as the UK faces yet another bout of political uncertainty. Challenges within the UK have hardened The challenges we had …
Today is without doubt momentous. It heralds the biggest strategic and economic change the UK has seen since WWII. Acheson’s comments in 1962, following the decolonisation that characterised the post-war period, are particularly resonant: “Great Britain has lost an empire and has not yet found a role. The attempt to play a separate power role …