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By: Matthew Lesh

Matthew Lesh is Director of Public Policy and Communications at the Institute of Economic Affairs

  • Let’s be honest, we’re going to kill our efforts to tempt in more tech investment

    matthew lesh

    Rishi Sunak's efforts to make Britain a science superpower thriving with tech investment could all be for nought with new digital markets rules.

  • Let’s be honest, Keir Starmer’s Labour party don’t know how to fix Broken Britain either 

    matthew lesh

    As the Conservatives are hit with another scandal, this time over crumbling concrete in schools, Sir Keir Starmer is yet to come up with an original plan other than his vacuous 'missions', writes Matthew Lesh.

  • Let’s be honest, we don’t need to have bank holidays – no, not even for the football

    matthew lesh

    Want another bank holiday? You're killing the economy.

  • Australia’s blocking of Qatar airways is a parable in anti-competitive intervention

    August 18, 2023

    With such strong demand for travel to Australia, extra Qatar airways flights would mean more competition and a dent in Qantas’ record profits - something the Australian government wants to block.

  • Let’s be honest, taking back control with Brexit does not mean knee-jerk isolationism

    August 10, 2023

    Brexit means the ability of making our own choices; it doesn't mean isolating our nation from the EU and other partners. If we understand this, we can make Brexit a success, writes Matthew Lesh

  • Let’s be honest, banks like Coutts should be able to choose their customers

    July 27, 2023

    Natwest’s handling of the Farage affair has been an unmitigated public relations disaster. They have turned a much-disliked public figure into a sympathetic victim of procedural mistreatment.

  • Let’s be honest, nationalising the water companies would mean even higher bills

    July 13, 2023

    Even if we want to punish water firm bosses for letting sewage and faeces end up in our oceans, nationalisation will only give us higher bills, writes Matthew Lesh

  • Let’s be honest, ESG investing will actually hurt the environment

    June 29, 2023

    When companies with poor environmental credentials are starved of capital, they become dirtier to avoid bankruptcy, writes Matthew Lesh

  • Let’s be honest, even after Brexit we’re still adding more red tape

    June 15, 2023

    For more than a decade, Conservative Prime Ministers have promised to scrap bureaucracy and red tape and yet even after Brexit they’ve done exactly the opposite.

  • Let’s be honest, we shouldn’t take those predicting the AI doomsday too seriously

    June 1, 2023

    If you believe AI will destroy humanity, you're probably wrong. The real challenge is to regulate artificial intelligence safely without stifling innovation and growth, writes Matthew Lesh

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