Let’s be honest, Larry Fink is right and we should give up on broken ESG investing November 2, 2023 ESG and green investing has found itself unable to deliver and at the heart of a culture war, writes Matthew Lesh
Let’s be honest, culture wars campaigns won’t win voters in a cost-of-living crisis October 19, 2023 Australians just showed us why campaigns based on culture war issues don't work, writes Matthew Lesh
Let’s be honest immigrants aren’t responsible for Britain’s woes October 5, 2023 The Tories are using immigrants as a scapegoat for the economic woes facing Britain today but it's overtaxation and overregulation not immigration that has caused this mess, argues Matthew Lesh
Let’s be honest, we’re going to kill our efforts to tempt in more tech investment September 21, 2023 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 September 7, 2023 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 August 24, 2023 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