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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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Boris Johnson's larger than life persona endears him to large swathes of the British electorate. Getty
The unsinkable Boris Johnson: if not him, then who?

UK's chameleon prime minister is master of his fate despite a tumultuous two years in power

CommentJuly 24, 2021
Arif Naqvi, chief executive officer of Abraaj Capital Ltd, who allegedly scammed global philanthropists out of millions of dollars. Getty
Investors should be wary of ethical capitalism's ability to deliver

Pakistani businessman and 'ethical investor' raised $780m before being arrested in UK

CommentJuly 08, 2021
The former British health secretary Matt Hancock resigned in disgrace after his affair with an aide was exposed. Getty
Power and flattery proved a heady mix for Matt Hancock and his mentor George Osborne

A familiar tale of new liaisons has been playing out in Westminster

UKJune 30, 2021
George Galloway hopes to deal a blow to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer as he stands in the Bately and Spen by-election. Getty
George Galloway takes aim at Labour as he injects controversy into rancorous UK by-election

Former Labour MP seeks support from Muslims in Jo Cox's former constituency

OpinionJune 23, 2021
Presenter Andrew Neil prepares to broadcast from a studio during the launch event for new TV channel GB News, which aims to give a voice 'to those who feel sidelined or silenced'. AP
GB News must play catch-up before challenging 'woke' mainstream rivals

Former newspaper editor was one of the few highlights at the channel's stuttering launch

CommentJune 16, 2021
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured when he was foreign minister in 2017, loading aid supplies in Somalia. AFP
Foreign aid ranks well below Marks & Spencer closures for British Conservatives

Polls show voters more concerned about 'levelling up' Britain than rest of the world

CommentJune 09, 2021
Prime Minister Boris Johnson poses with his wife Carrie Johnson in the garden of 10 Downing Street after their wedding at Westminster Cathedral. Downing Street via Getty Images
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Marrying Boris Johnson secures Carrie Symonds’ power to exert her green agenda
CommentJune 02, 2021
Liberty Steel boss Sanjeev Gupta stands outside a steel pressing mill in Scotland in 2016. His company is being investigated by the Serious Fraud Office over its financing arrangements with Greensill Capital. Reuters
Sanjeev Gupta’s industrial gameplan tried and failed to defy financial market gravity

India-born magnate came to the UK's most distressed towns with a saviour's offer of redemption

BusinessMay 26, 2021
Martin Bashir speaking to Princess Diana in Kensington Palace during the infamous Panorama interview which was aired on BBC in 1995. Getty Images
Without Bashir, Diana might still be alive – Harry and Meghan in Britain

The BBC journalist's actions triggered a chain of events from Diana's death to Harry and Meghan fleeing to California, writes Chris Blackhurst

CommentMay 20, 2021
Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds are embroiled in a row over the redecoration of their Downing Street flat. Getty
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‘Carrie Antoinette’ scandal over the Downing St flat could all be in the genes

Boris Johnson decoration furore is a walk down memory lane for Carrie Symonds and her father

CommentMay 03, 2021
A woman holds a floral bouquet as people gather outside of a park where an official memorial was held for victims of coronavirus in Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province, Saturday, April 4, 2020. Ng Han Guan / AP
Has coronavirus changed the business world for good?

This is our World War Two and enterprises that survive this period will have to re-evaluate how they function in the future

CommentMay 02, 2021
News of the ESL's demise united British fans in jubilation across the country. PA
ESL: Football fans can't have it both ways

The European Super League's demise is a huge victory for the sport's fandom, but a pyrrhic one nonetheless

CommentMay 02, 2021

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