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      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 2007 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640-4 Versace Edition was sold for $240,500 from the UAE. Photo: Collecting Cars
      CommentDubai auction venture opens for UK's Collecting Cars

      Online start-up has sold more than 23,500 vehicles, including Ferraris that used to belong to singers Rod Stewart and Jay Kay

      CommentDecember 04, 2024
      Donald Trump plays golf at Trump International Golf Links course, in Doonbeg, Ireland, in 2023. Reuters
      Ireland in Donald Trump's sights once presidency swings into action

      High-worth companies who sought out Ireland's low-tax regime may pull out if president-elect gets his way

      OpinionNovember 27, 2024
      Workers at a semiconductor silicon wafer foundry in South Wales, UK, which is now owned by a US investment firm. Alamy
      Britain rearms for the next round of global semiconductor supremacy

      UK Prime Minister must leverage research expertise and private-sector backing to make Britain a leading hub for chip manufacturing

      OpinionNovember 19, 2024
      Chancellor Rachel Reeves, pictured on Remembrance Sunday in central London. Her recent budget was no more than a patching-up financial statement. AFP
      CommentBritain forgets how to be inspiring as Labour offers a pipeline of nothing

      Chancellor Rachel Reeves has failed to grasp importance of thinking big when it comes to infrastructure

      CommentNovember 12, 2024
      A delighted Dana White watches on as Donald Trump speaks at an election night event in Palm Beach, Florida on Wednesday. AP
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      CommentDana White enters political limelight

      UFC boss enjoyed rapid rise from Bostonian boxer to billionaire promoter, popular with non-college educated white males

      CommentNovember 06, 2024
      Farmers drive tractors past parliament during a demonstration against UK food policy earlier this year. AFP
      UK farmers could launch French-style revolt over new inheritance tax raid

      Cash-poor but asset-rich families fear they will lose out in measures designed to target large estates

      OpinionNovember 05, 2024
      Britain's Chancellor Rachel Reeves presenting this year's budget statement in the House of Commons. UK Parliament
      CommentReeves's budget clobbers the people she needs to invest in Britain

      The Chancellor wants people to put their money into the UK, but will punish them each time they put their hands in their pockets

      OpinionOctober 30, 2024
      Great British Energy will be spending £8.3bn on projects in renewables, in offshore wind, hydrogen power, tidal power, carbon capture and nuclear power. PA
      UK's energy ambition misses nuclear solution to digital future

      Keir Starmer should be working to ensure nuclear is a major part of the solution to Britain’s future power plans

      OpinionOctober 22, 2024
      The MSG Sphere July 4th fireworks show in 2023, in Las Vegas. AP
      CommentUK rues its political failures as the Sphere goes to Abu Dhabi

      Founder Dolan wasn’t prepared to allow his iconic ball arena to become a political football.

      CommentOctober 19, 2024
      Investors have used the war in Ukraine to justify buying shares in weapons manufacturers that were once taboo. Getty Images
      CommentDefence stocks lined up to offer lifeline to ESG as investors fade away

      Investment category based on ethical concerns has been buffeted by retreats like that of BP from net-zero goals

      OpinionOctober 15, 2024
      UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Dinner at St Paul's Cathedral is on the menu at the investment summit. PA/AP
      Looming tax rises threatens UK's £30bn investment summit

      Labour clobbering companies with higher taxes will not be a good look for Keir Starmer at the UK's mini-Davos

      CommentOctober 09, 2024
      With Britain committed to net zero emissions by 2050, Port Talbot stood out as a blot on the horizon. Reuters
      UK in crosshairs of net zero targets with an electric dilemma to solve

      Move towards net zero could start to be viewed as a cost rather than a positive step forward

      OpinionOctober 01, 2024
      The towering Samson and Goliath cranes at Harland & Wolff shipyard, a hallmark of the Belfast skyline. AFP
      British government in a quandary over the sinking ship of Harland & Wolff

      Keir Starmer's team must decide if they are to step in with a loan to keep the Belfast shipyard afloat

      OpinionSeptember 24, 2024
      Boris Johnson has gone into business with a uranium energy executive and a woman he appointed to the House of Lords. AFP
      CommentBoris Johnson caught between chasing money and politics

      Britain's party political conference season is well under way but ex-prime minister is far from the fray

      OpinionSeptember 20, 2024
      The Spectator now has a more tech-savvy readership. Bloomberg
      CommentThe Spectator fulfils its promise, sold as one-of-a-kind trophy asset

      A digital future means the capacity exists for all manner of spin-offs under the magazine's historic banner

      OpinionSeptember 10, 2024
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