By: Christian May

Editor-in-Chief Christian May is the Editor-in-Chief of City AM. He served in the role from 2015 to 2020 and returned in 2024. He writes the daily Editor's Letter for print and online and releases The Week in Business roundup video each Thursday. He is particularly interested in the health of London's capital markets, economic policy, politics, regulation and business activity in the City of London. He regularly appears in the broadcast media and presents a daily Business News slot on LBC at 0730, Monday to Friday. Find Christian on X and LinkedIn.

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This is no time to turn fire on the judiciary

September 25, 2019

The decision of the Supreme Court to find Boris Johnson’s conduct unlawful was truly momentous and will have consequences not just for immediate political considerations but for the future understanding of our constitution. The judgment itself also allowed those who would seek it to find some perspective, relying as it did on a court ruling [...]
McDonnell sets out his plans for a superstate

September 24, 2019

August, 2023. You had hoped to be on holiday, but you’re still waiting for your regional Workers’ Leisure Committee to allocate you some days. Still, at least you have a three-day weekend coming up. Of course, every weekend is three days long now, which took a bit of getting used to but seems to have [...]
Roll up, roll up for the Labour circus of chaos

September 22, 2019

Boris Johnson’s top adviser Dominic Cummings, had planned to disregard the Westminster convention that sees political parties maintaining a respectful silence during each other’s party conferences. There’s always a bit of a noise, but generally it’s considered fair play to let each party have the field to themselves for a couple of days a year, [...]
The ‘disaster capitalism’ Brexit conspiracy that goes right to the very top

September 13, 2019

Confirmation bias: the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one’s existing beliefs or theories. We’re probably all guilty of it in our private thoughts, but the sin is magnified when it results in an “exclusive” piece of journalism making outrageous claims about corruption and market manipulation at the very top of government. But [...]
It’s tempting, but the devil’s in the details

September 12, 2019

The Stockholm Stock Exchange, the Toronto Exchange, Germany’s Deutsche Boerse, Australia’s Macquarie and the American giants Nasdaq and ICE have all danced the dance with the London Stock Exchange at one time or another. Deutsche Boerse has been the most persistent and the Americans have kept an eye on Paternoster Square. And who can blame them? [...]
If nothing else, the Lords at least offers some good debate

September 6, 2019

Watching a debate in the House of Lords can lift the spirits. Admittedly, this isn’t always the case. After all, the place is so rammed with political cast-offs and the dregs of quangoland that following its proceedings can often feel like a punishment. However, during moments of great constitutional or legal significance it is to [...]
Brace yourself, this is going to get ugly

September 4, 2019

Jacob Rees-Mogg described last night’s successful attempt by MPs to seize control of today’s parliamentary activity as “constitutionally improper” – which is as close as he gets to a foul-mouthed outburst. As leader of the House of Commons it is his job to navigate legislation through parliament, but he has been temporarily sidelined in favour [...]
The threat of no-deal is key to Johnson’s strategy

September 2, 2019

Though it has been said many times during the UK’s ongoing Brexit drama, this week really is shaping up to be the most tumultuous we have seen in recent years. Boris Johnson’s lawful but controversial decision to suspend parliament during the run-up to 31 October has thrown rebel MPs’ plans to thwart a no-deal Brexit [...]
Short-sellers raise eyebrows but they have their place

August 9, 2019

Here’s a reasonable statement: “For markets to work properly and efficiently, all parties need access to accurate information.” This claim can be found in the ‘About Us’ section of the website of Boatman Capital Research, but the philosophy does not extend to providing information about their own identity. Boatman Capital, the anonymous short-seller research outfit, [...]
The City is a meritocracy, but that only works if everyone’s given a go

August 2, 2019

Sajid Javid has been culture secretary, business secretary, home secretary and now chancellor. In all that time I’ve only ever heard him give one great speech. It was, as luck would have it, at the 2015 City A.M. Awards. In Westminster and on matters of policy and politics, Javid’s delivery is invariably uninspiring – even [...]

World Cup sponsors could pay price if Infantino’s Fifa sell-off goes ahead

World Cup sponsors could pay price if Infantino’s Fifa sell-off goes ahead

Martin Williams: My top picks for the Toast the City Awards 2026

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