Editorial: Saving the High Street requires some real creativity November 19, 2020 The collapse of Jaeger and Peacock’s into administration is, alas, little surprise. It’s a tragedy for the 4,000-odd people whose roles are now at risk – this is no time to lose a job, with the economy still in the doldrums. But it’s symptomatic of a wider trend, and a wider trend that at some [...]
Editorial: Christmas plans expose Government’s lack of strategy November 18, 2020 Only a true Scrooge would begrudge the Government’s reported plans to open up the country for a Christmas spectacular. But, well, here we are. Such a move betrays the fundamental lack of thought at the heart of the Government’s strategy – or lack thereof. The plan, as we understand it, is to allow for household [...]
Editorial: London cannot be kept under lock and key a moment longer than planned November 17, 2020 Over the past fortnight, since new national lockdown restrictions came into force, there has been something of a suspicion abroad in London and the south-east that our part of the country has been collateral damage as a result of increasing cases and deaths elsewhere in the country. To our untrained eye, new data released Tuesday [...]
Editorial: Vaccine success is a shot in the arm for the free market November 17, 2020 Who would have thought that competition and the free market would be the world’s saving grace as we head towards 2021? Other than anybody who has studied free market economics, obviously, or anybody who has noticed that over the past hundreds of years it has invariably been the private sector, driven by need, who have [...]
Editorial: Downing Street’s political infighting mirrored in Brexit strategy November 12, 2020 Downing Street's political infighting mirrored in Brexit strategy
Editorial: Those who profit in Hong Kong must speak up in its defence November 11, 2020 US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s four freedoms, which he promised Americans in the face of economic strife and growing authoritarianism abroad, are freedoms that this newspaper is more than happy to sign up for. Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear? Well, they work for us. In London – [...]
Editorial: A week that offers good news for the capital November 10, 2020 It’s hardly a 200 watt halogen bulb, but word of a potential vaccine does at least provide a flicker of light at the end of this interminable 2020 tunnel. After a year of unrelentingly negative headlines, it counted as unalloyed good news. Not just for our fight against the virus, but for the capital too. [...]
Editorial: London’s thriving future depends on giving today’s youngsters a chance November 9, 2020 This miserable year has hit all of us in different ways. The elderly have, of course, suffered most from a virus that seems to have it in for them. But the young generations are those that have been hit hardest economically. That’s not a wild surprise – many work in hospitality, retail, and other sectors [...]
Editorial: Business now has little to fear from Biden – so a victory for the rules can be toasted November 6, 2020 In the run-up to the UK election in 2019, this newspaper said that whether you agreed with Jeremy Corbyn’s (ruinous) economic plans or found granting Boris Johnson a free hand with Brexit too much to bear, that Corbyn and his Labour Party did not deserve your vote. The reason? The culture of unchecked anti-Semitism and [...]