Blog posts tagged "Conservatives"

April 21, 2012 7:51 pm 18 Comments

"I am not in, as the chancellor of the exchequer, a daily opinion poll contest and a daily popularity contest. I will tell you what I am engaged in. A daily contest with the rest of the world to make Britain competitive to bring jobs to Britain."

March 14, 2012 9:58 pm 12 Comments

A second ratings agency has effectively lowered their assessment of Britain's creditworthiness, just days before an important Budget.

January 18, 2012 12:36 pm 13 Comments

History shows that when unemployment reaches today's level it has always shot much higher, reports Economics Editor Faisal Islam.

May 27, 2011 3:10 pm 20 Comments

"You could call this the Great Stagnation, you could call it the Disastrous Decoupling, you could call it Growth without Gain. What it definitely is, though, is deeply bad news for a massive swathe of Britain."

January 28, 2011 5:02 pm No Comments

Faisal Islam blogs from Davos on the day that the bankers fought back.

May 12, 2010 2:41 pm 8 Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on Mervyn King's comments about the new Conservative/Liberal Democrat government

May 11, 2010 1:06 pm 2 Comments

There’s no objective evidence so far that the hung parliament hiatus is causing market panic. The single best indicator: demand to buy UK government debt, was tested in what could have been an unfortunately-timed debt auction at 1030 this morning.

April 27, 2010 1:13 pm 8 Comments

So there we have it. Clarity, honesty, and candour on Day 22 of the election campaign. Not at any of the party political press conferences. No, it’s been left to the trusty holders of the spending shield of truth: the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

April 13, 2010 9:18 pm No Comments

No one could accuse the Conservatives of failing to outline an original vision for Britain. Just flick back to “Are you thinking what we’re thinking?” and the difference is pretty clear. It is brimming with sunny pre-election optimism, the issue is: is this Blue Book hiding something a little more pessimistic post-election? The Labour charge is [...]

April 9, 2010 8:09 pm No Comments

Faisal Islam blogs on how Conservative adviser Martin Read has revealed more of the Tories' spending cuts plans, but the party won't release the full calculations.