Conservative Home op-ed
This article was first published on Conservative Home - 20 September 2022. Last Friday was the 30th anniversary of the day the pound crashed out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) – Black Wednesday, as it came to be known. Many aspects of that time are worth reflecting upon, as they may have...
Podcast: Episode 2 – What The H£ll Is Economics? Cost of living crisis
Episode Two: The cost of living crisis https://open.spotify.com/episode/72DpycCF9GD0XF0jNQV98W?si=0ac0eedb8f1a4804&nd=1
The Spectator – Edition podcast – Buckle up: The Liz Truss era begins
Listen here (from 12:29 minutes).
Sky News Sophy Ridge interview
It was good to be interviewed on Sophy Ridge's Wednesday night show The Take. In the 8 minute interview I make the point (among others) that the PM's approach to the UK's economic challenges is encouraging and that it's still possible a deep recession can be avoided. Watch the whole interview...
Sky News interview with Ed Conway
It was good to be interviewed by Sky News Economics Editor, Ed Conway, about 'Trussonomics'. I told him that it's about having a pro-growth economic strategy built on 'three arrows': monetary policy that keeps inflation in check, fiscal policy that stabilises the economy, and a supply side agenda,...
LBC Andrew Marr interview
It was good to join Andrew Marr's show tonight to discuss Trussonomics. Watch some of the interview here, or the whole thing here (from 37:00 - 46:42 minutes).
Centre for Policy Studies: What does a Conservative economy look like?
I spoke alongside Claire Coutinho, MP, and Lucy Frazer, MP. Watch below from 2:08:36 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMz4oHRjIHI
Conservative Home – Why Truss’s plans for fiscal easing are affordable, non-inflationary – and necessary
This piece was first published on Conservative Home - 06th September 2022 - despite its title it is more about the need for the new Government to be mindful of the febrile state of markets. There are many target audiences that the new prime minister and Government must focus on. A key one is the...
BBC Newsnight interview
I was interviewed on Newsnight tonight regarding the role fiscal policy can play in avoiding a deep recession. Watch here, from 19:53 - 26:02 minutes. I was also interviewed on CNN International and Talk TV (watch here).
Channel 4 News interview
I was interviewed by Krishnan Guru-Murthy alongside the Institute for Fiscal Studies' Paul Johnson. Watch here.