• Apple_picking

    Low paid immigration is an expensive option

    The problem with more cheap labour carrying out tasks with insufficient training and investment to back up the staff is it also places many extra burdens on taxpayers. The costs of new schools and hospitals to cope with the sheer number of immigrants are rarely factored in to the equation, giving a fale impression of the true costs of low paid immigration

    by John Redwood MP - 12 December 2016
  • Pearl_harbour

    Japan’s PM tries finally to close the books on WWII

    Japanese bilateral defense engagement with the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam has deepened considerably. Now, 'Bismarckian' Prime Minister Abe is on his way to Pearl Harbor. Nervous about Chinese ambitions, Japan is strengthing old alliances, and forging new ones

    by Michael Auslin - 10 December 2016
  • Jeremy_corbyn

    On Brexit, Labour hasn't got a clue

    There is little evidence Labour actually understand the implications of their own policies, which, on Brexit, are in any case all over the place. They are cynical and confused because they can't fully accept Brexit's democtratic mandate. Voters will rightly punish them

    by Joseph Hackett -  9 December 2016
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  • Matteo-renzi_2825899b

    Italy's failed referendum

    It is not necessarily the case that the rejected Italian referendum was a carry through of the Brexit or Trump effect. A general election in the spring, at the same time as the French one, could be when the real fireworks go off. Until then, Italy should muddle through

    by Tim Hedges -  5 December 2016
  • Rough_beast

    In Europe, the center is not holding

    As Italian PM Renzi quits, from Italy, to France, through Austria and across Europe the center is finding it difficult to hold. While mere anarchy may not yet be being loosed upon the world, only those in denial can doubt that the tectonic plates are shifting

    by Michael Curtis -  5 December 2016
  • Mahmoud-abbas-ap

    Trump must understand vicious Palestinian politics

    The power struggles in Palestinian politics make the contest between Presidential candidates in American politics look likely a friendly game of chess, and that's just among the "moderates" who include Holocaust deniers, and former stooges of the KGB. The incoming Trump administration must wise up to this and avoid Obama's blindness

    by Michael Curtis -  4 December 2016
  • Flags

    Brexit: Prosperity, not austerity

    Our deficits are not entirely the product of our membership of the EU. But leaving will help dramatically, and, as with so many things, Brexit gives us the opportunity for a fresh start and a new road to sustained prosperity

    by John Redwood MP -  1 December 2016
  • Oecd--621x414

    OECD research shows big government harms growth

    The often devious and untrustworthy, left-leaning OECD is a destructive force in the world. But when its economists start looking at the actual data, even they cannot avoid the conclusion that big spending governments harm economic growth, which in turn hurts the poor

    by Daniel J. Mitchell - 30 November 2016
  • Italian_opera

    Fear and trembling in Italy before the storm

    Italy is in countdown mode to Sunday's referendum which could further undermine the Euro and the EU, seal the fate of 8 banks, and even see Silvio Berlusconi back on the scene. Italy is in a desperate state. Anything could happen now

    by Tim Hedges - 29 November 2016
  • Anti-trump

    Reconsidering the Left’s anti-Trump hysteria

    Even if you weren't a Trump supporter, the Left’s post-election anti-Trump hysteria is anti-democratic and will ultimately prove counterproductive. Obama has been a disaster. Let's see if Trump can do better

    by Taylor Dibbert - 28 November 2016