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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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      Britain's business community is braced for what is coming. Bloomberg
      Keir Starmer's tax rises and drumroll makes relocation a temptation for executives

      Trust won before Labour's general election victory has all but perished

      CommentSeptember 03, 2024
      Waheed Alli's links to the UK's youth subculture endeared him to Labour's inner circle for decades. Getty Images
      Who is Waheed Alli, the Labour donor in Starmer cronyism row?

      TV executive and life peer held no formal job in government but was given unrestricted access

      CommentAugust 27, 2024
      Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure from unions to accept pay demands for public sector workers. PA
      CommentStarmer's fragile honeymoon threatened as Labour bows to unions

      Britain faces 1970s-style tumult if it fails to rein in unruly public sector unions

      OpinionAugust 20, 2024
      Asda is no longer the company of firsts that won customers and profits. Getty Images
      Blunt call for change at the top exposes struggles at stumbling giant Asda

      Chairman Stuart Rose has been publicly critical of performance and suggested co-owner Mohsin Issa step aside from its daily running

      CommentAugust 14, 2024
      Britain's authorities have been accused of being slow to address growing far-right protests across the UK's towns and cities. Getty
      Keir Starmer must bring far-right agitators to heel over race riots

      Authorities have been slow to react to the riots but must now galvanise to defeat mindless hatred

      CommentAugust 07, 2024
      Spectators watch from a fan zone set up at the Hotel de Ville, as Simone Biles, of the US, performs on the vault during a women's artistic gymnastics qualification round at the 2024 Summer Olympics. AP
      Captivating Olympic Games a success for masterful branding

      Global event unites the world every four years in a way that other occasions simply cannot match

      OlympicsJuly 31, 2024
      Market traders are closely watching the US presidential election. Bloomberg
      Markets ripple for Trump vs Harris race as Joe Biden leaves the stage

      As Joe Biden leaves the stage, prepare for a much closer, very likely nastier, fight – one that tilts in one direction then another

      CommentJuly 24, 2024
      British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in July at a Nato gathering. AFP
      Labour’s Europe reset prioritises security over business

      There’s been too much bad blood, mostly emanating from the UK side, for full-scale rapprochement

      OpinionJuly 16, 2024
      Labour must remember the NHS is one of the electorate's priorities. PA
      Is seeking health and wealth enough to reinvent the UK economy?

      Unless Reeves and Streeting make good progress on the NHS and grow the economy, the political tide could turn

      OpinionJuly 10, 2024
      Rishi Sunak conceded defeat to Keir Starmer AFP
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      After a historic defeat, UK’s Tories are at the mercy of Johnson and Farage

      The Conservative Party brought the Labour landslide on themselves. The once-great party ran out of ideas and energy years ago

      CommentJuly 05, 2024
      Labour Leader Keir Starmer arrives in Swerford, England. Getty
      The National poll defines an agenda for a Keir Starmer government

      UK's likely next prime minister should take note of demands for tougher stance against Israel, seeking peace in Ukraine and reducing immigration

      OpinionJuly 01, 2024
      A person rides past a mural depicting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the town of Balashikha outside Moscow on Tuesday. EPA
      WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange did journalism no favours

      His document dumps shook the world, but the subsequent legal drama has endangered the media industry

      CommentJune 25, 2024
      UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be judged partly on ethical controversies during the Conservative Party's time in power. EPA
      Election betting affair confirms time is running out for Rishi Sunak

      Conservatives' lack of a moral compass is especially telling as it unites a string of scandals

      CommentJune 25, 2024
      Some of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s colleagues want the Tories to get personal about his election rival Keir Starmer.
      Race to become UK prime minister is about to turn very nasty

      Accepted wisdom is negative campaigns lose elections but Rishi Sunak is being urged to 'go for the jugular'

      OpinionJune 18, 2024
      Labour's shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves and leader Keir Starmer have courted the City and large companies. Reuter
      American investors spooked over Starmer's impact on costs and taxes

      What Labour leaders have not been saying is causing apprehension especially among the big US players in the UK market

      OpinionJune 11, 2024
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