Posts by George Trefgarne

Thursday, 10 August 2017

1914 reminds us how markets can be upset in August

What is the connection between Donald Trump and the chief cashier of the Bank of England? This curious question occurred..

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Monday, 26 June 2017

Why is nobody in the Conservative Party talking about the broken student loan system?

Exactly one week before Theresa May called the election, on April 11th, the Student Loan Company raised the interest rate..

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Tuesday, 18 April 2017

Car Share Conservatives

Over Easter, two surprising records were broken. First, the Conservatives were found to be 21 points ahead in two polls,..

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Monday, 16 January 2017

MPs and peers must move out of the Palace of Westminster

Should they leave or remain, or is there a halfway house? I refer not to Brexit, but to the urgent..

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Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Brexit is in danger of losing momentum

How the UK Government must regret trying to exercise the Article 50 EU exit clause via Royal Prerogative. Not only..

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Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Raise a glass of craft beer to Gordon Brown

Let’s be honest. Gordon Brown has received a bad press for at least a decade. And while most of it..

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Thursday, 13 October 2016

The drop in sterling is a make-or-break moment for May's government

The ranks of the Tory party used to be heaving with City types, but not any more. Stockbrokers and bankers..

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Thursday, 1 September 2016

Five reasons to be grateful for Great Fire of London

The 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London of 1666 is commemorated across the capital this weekend with various..

By George Trefgarne