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      Chris Blackhurst

      Chris Blackhurst

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      Chris Blackhurst is an award-winning writer, commentator and broadcaster, based in London. He is a former editor of The Independent, city editor of the Evening Standard, Westminster correspondent for The Independent and deputy head of the Sunday Times Insight team. He writes mostly on business, politics, media. He says he will never retire. To adapt Dr Johnson on London: "If someone tires of journalism, they tire of life."
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      The UAE is proving that it is a key player in combating financial crime. AP
      UAE provides the road map as police foil global drug cartels by 'following the money'

      Emirates is proving it is no pushover when it comes to fighting financial crime

      OpinionNovember 29, 2022
      Waiting times outside a hospital in Blackpool are a symptom of the wider problems blighting the NHS. Getty
      Crumbling National Health Service is elephant in the UK waiting room

      If Rishi Sunak is to have any chance of winning the next election, he must reduce the backlog for patients

      OpinionNovember 22, 2022
      Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, centre, alongside Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, centre right, at Number 10 Downing Street. AFP
      Doom-mongers Sunak and Hunt should be wary of faulty economic forecasts

      Downing Street is preparing the latest UK budget, but the fallible OBR is dictating its contents

      OpinionNovember 15, 2022
      HSBC's presence spans the globe but its link with China remains as strong as ever. Reuters.
      HSBC bankers learning 'Mandarin for fun' as Far East push grows stronger

      Canny executives attempt to gain Chinese exposure as banking giant faces being broken up

      OpinionNovember 08, 2022
      Rishi Sunak must stop being a chancellor and prove he has what it takes to become a successful chief executive. Photo: Downing Street
      Can Sunak the leader please stand up?

      UK's CFO faces challenge of delivering the inspirational moments that would make him a successful prime minister

      OpinionNovember 01, 2022
      Rishi Sunak leaves his home in London. EPA
      Sunak needs a game plan to match his stellar CV

      New British PM must demonstrate that he really cares about how ordinary people lead their lives

      OpinionOctober 24, 2022
      FILE PHOTO: Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech on his last day in office, outside Downing Street, in London, Britain September 6, 2022. REUTERS / Toby Melville / File Photo
      A week is a long time for the Tories as Boris Johnson rides back into view

      Conservatives will struggle to find unity candidate after Truss's resignation

      OpinionOctober 20, 2022
      UK Prime Minister Liz Truss takes questions at a press conference in 10 Downing Street after sacking Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor. Getty.
      UK is butt of jokes and it’s Brexit Britain to blame

      Disastrous mini-budget has seen Britain become gag line on the international stage

      OpinionOctober 18, 2022
      UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. Andrew Parsons / CCHQ
      The 'Liz and Kwasi Show' pulls back curtain on pensions nightmare

      Truss and Kwarteng's plans for 'Big Bang 2.0' could be aborted after gilts selloff

      OpinionOctober 11, 2022
      Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng defended his tax cuts in a speech to the Conservative Party conference. EPA.
      Careless talk: Kwarteng's bruising lesson that being Chancellor is a serious job

      Decision to meet with hedge fund managers was a baffling misstep, writes Chris Blackhurst

      OpinionOctober 04, 2022
      The National's poll has found that more than half of respondents (52%) are not confident new British Prime Minister Liz Truss will be an effective world leader. PA
      Truss faces tough task to rescue Conservatives from Johnson's doldrums

      Economy vital to unknown PM defying expectations, as new poll reveals UK public's fears about her

      CommentSeptember 26, 2022
      UK Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers a reading during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, London. PA.
      Britain faces economic jitters after spectacle of royal funeral

      Liz Truss's risky policies could backfire spectacularly if financial markets are not convinced

      OpinionSeptember 20, 2022
      Britain was a manufacturing and trading colossus in the 1950s, when Queen Elizabeth II became the nation's monarch, with shipbuilding one of its preeminent industries. PA
      Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years of tumultuous economic change

      The UK may not be as powerful as when she ascended the throne, but it remains in a good place

      OpinionSeptember 14, 2022
      Queen Elizabeth's legacy will cast a shadow over King Charles's reign. AFP
      Brand Britain unsure and uncertain as King Charles replaces queen

      Where the stoic Queen Elizabeth was unifying, her son is divisive and impulsive

      OpinionSeptember 09, 2022
      At first glance, it Is difficult to see what Laxman Narasimhan brings to the Starbucks chief executive role. Reuters
      Starbucks' new chief can make the coffee brand sing

      Laxman Narasimhan has shown he is not afraid to introduce drastic changes in strategy

      BusinessSeptember 07, 2022
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