When it comes to IT, big is not beautiful - The Times   Sunday Times - On Fairness   Financial Times - How to prepare Britain for the next City crisis   My Week, The Observer       Telegraph - We must learn from the US   Sunday Times - Real story of Budget Week   The Times - Crunch time for Alistair Darling   The Sun - Tax non-doms my way, Darling THERE are moments when you see governments about to do something really stupid and you want to scream “STOP”.   Calamity Brown The man who so wants us to see him as ‘Capability Brown’ has instead become Calamity Brown.   Guardian Online Article: Open Source Politics George, writing for Guardian Online, sets out his thoughts on how to recast the political settlement for the digital age.   Blairites back Cameron, not Brown We are now, for the first time in my political life, leading the debate in ideas.   The way to prevent American Regulatory Creep The openess of the British economy is one of its greatest strengths; to block foreign takeovers is to block foreign investment.   Where Stelzer's wrong on Tory Policy Whether he's knocking me or knocking Gordon Brown, I always enjoy reading Irwin Stelzer.   Too much secrecy in appointing the Bank of England Committee The appointments process is secretive and at the mercy of the whim of one man   Where are the British Giants of Cyberspace? Why is there no British Yahoo! or Google?   We promise simpler taxation, the right regulations and good infrastructure In this fiercely competitive global economy the City of London is the jewel in the crown of the British economy.   Financial Times - A tax that offends the basic principles of fairness 1m people are gong to have to rewrite their wills and 4.5m people will need to review their life-assurance policies.

Here is a selection of some of the recent articles I have written in the national press. Click on the headings to the left.