EU referendum: Brexit is dominating the conversation at the Cannes Festival of Creativity 2016 June 23, 2016 The annual Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity is well under way, and here in sunny France, the mood is a little different this year. Yes, there is the usual showcasing of fantastic creative talent, from design triumphs to breakthrough ad campaigns, but this year, there are no personal agendas. One major question is dominating the lecture [...]
EU referendum: Both campaigns have let women down June 23, 2016 In between trying to understand why your child is growing up so fast and working long hours at the office, most working mothers might forget that they are women with their own needs too, because the last thing you tend to think about is yourself. But every now and then, you have a once-in-a-lifetime event like Brexit [...]
Brexit or Bremain, these are the five winners and five losers of the EU referendum campaign June 23, 2016 The polls are open, the politicians have left the stage, and the responsibility for deciding whether Britain remains a member of the EU now rests with the British people. But the referendum has itself thrown up winners and losers. Here are five of each: The Winners The old: Brexit is no country for young men. [...]
EU referendum: One big question but no easy answer. It’s make your mind up time June 23, 2016 I won't tell you how to vote. I’m proud that this newspaper has hosted arguments from both sides of the campaign – from every conceivable angle. We’ve had the case for Remain and Leave from market analysts, lawyers, politicians, investors, psychologists, economists and entrepreneurs. Now the time has come for you to make your choice. [...]
Brexit: How a revival of national spirit could damn Project Fear to irrelevance June 22, 2016 The world-renowned historian Andrew Roberts recently wrote that “Brexit will be good for the British national character, as it will reintroduce risk-taking, self reliance and a sense of being in control of our national destiny”. This beautifully concise statement captures the fundamental essence of the ultimate driver of economic performance, culture. By culture I mean [...]
Britain’s future will be even brighter if we take back control from the EU this Independence Day June 22, 2016 Imagine the UK is the best place in the world to do business. With controlled migration that means we choose the skilled people we need, we now have a high wage, high productivity, high skills economy and are trading in a globalised world. Investment is strong, attracted to a high performance Britain, and we have a [...]
Ten reasons Britain is better off remaining in the EU – and Brexit would be the biggest own-goal in history June 22, 2016 This referendum could be the most important vote you ever cast. The last opportunity we had to give our view on the European question was in 1975, when many of today’s electorate were not yet born. As it happens, this was one year before I set up my own business, Travelex, at the age of [...]
I was a Remainer. This is why I’ve just changed my mind June 22, 2016 I have changed my mind – and you can too. Every relationship is built on trust – from the first moment you catch that special someone’s eye, through a whispered “I do” of a marriage proposal, to the last comforting moment holding hands in old age. Trust helps us look past others’ shortcomings and binds [...]
Britain’s bright Brexit future: A trader’s perspective June 22, 2016 I have been working in the City since I left school at the age of 15 in 1968, so I think it’s fair to say I know a bit about finance. As the founder and chief executive of CMC Markets, an online trading company with a market cap of approximately £800m which entered the FTSE [...]
Brexiteers must stop using Turkey as a weapon: There’s one very simple reason it will never join the EU June 22, 2016 Four decades ago, in the summer before Britain's first European referendum, a country, now in the EU, faced the unimaginable terror of full scale military invasion. Operation Attila, as it was chillingly codenamed, saw multiple amphibious landings, a paratroop assault, airstrikes, commando missions, and prisoners of war rounded up and shipped overseas. By the end [...]