Former Chief Economist and economic consultant Rob Lee assesses the economic context facing the UK...
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The EU/UK Trade Deal: Boris Achieves the “Impossible”
Economist and investor Rob Lee reflects on the Trade and Cooperation Agreement and how it was...
The UK’s Fiscal Recovery Has Begun
The Chancellor’s Spending Review – eye-watering headline numbers and apocalyptic media coverage...
The Covid Doomsters Are Wrong: The UK Is Heading for Recovery
Despite a tide of negative reporting, the UK’s overall strategy is clear and is having success...
Treasury austerity plans must be ditched: We need tax reform not...
Internal UK Treasury plans to raise taxes to reduce Covid-19 related debt levels have recently...
In Defence of The UK’s Response to The Covid-19 Pandemic
With its death toll apparently the highest in Europe the UK’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic has...
Gallows Humour in A Crisis, and A Major Buying Opportunity
To help lighten the gloom Rob Lee offers a few humorous investment anecdotes from a collection...
An EU/UK FTA Can Be Done in 2020
Now that Brexit “will get done”, focus switches to the EU/UK FTA negotiations. Can a trade deal be...
The Brexit Logjam Finally Breaks
The dissolution of the shambolic and paralysed 2017-2019 Parliament finally provides a clear way...
A Brexit Britain Can Help Avert a Global Trade War
Remainers argue that the UK will struggle to secure new trade deals in the face of rising global...
The Case For Fiscal Expansion Post-Brexit
This article examines the scope for a fiscal stimulus package to support the economy in the post...
MP’s Fears About the Economic Impact of ‘No Deal’ Make No Sense
Those MP’s supporting Parliamentary efforts to prevent a ‘No deal’ Brexit largely avoid talking...
Tory MPs need To Get Real: It’s Got To Be Boris
Robert Lee argues that with the UK facing a constitutional crisis and the Tory party in an...
A French Veto – the Beautiful Symmetry?
French President Charles de Gaulle vetoed the British government’s request for membership of the...
Brexiteers Should Now Prepare to Back Mrs May’s Deal
In recent days I have concluded that Brexit supporters – and Remainers who want to respect the...
Opponents of a WTO Brexit Ignore the Basic Lesson of Economics
We must look at long-term, not only short-term consequences, and at effects for everyone, not only...
Prepare for A WTO Brexit and Liberation!
Hard political facts, the ticking clock, and the now rapidly progressing preparations for a ‘No...
The EEA Option: “Norway to Canada” Could Be the Way to Go
The EEA [European Economic Area] route must be explored with urgency. Mrs May refused from day one...
The BRINO “Coup” has Failed by Robert Lee
Robert Lee believes that the Chequers “coup” has failed. He explains why he believes that a Clean...
“No Deal” is Coming Up Fast on the Rails
Rob Lee views the recent White Paper on Brexit as meaning no realistic prospect of future trade...
Brexit: An Investment Opportunity
Rob Lee views UK companies as undervalued in the stock market due to the Brexit Referendum. He...
After the Transition Agreement. Deal or No deal
Robert Lee argues that the outlook for Brexit has become distinctly more optimistic from a UK point...
The Euro Crisis: Forgotten but not Gone
Robert Lee argues that that the Euro crisis has receded but not gone away. He cites three reasons...