Catherine McBride
Catherine McBride is an economist and a fellow at the Centre for Brexit Policy. She writes about trade and agricultural issues, having worked in financial services trading equity and agricultural commodity derivatives for 19 years.
A great deal for Britain
Some things social media forgot to tell you about the UK–Australia trade deal
We need the rich more than they need us
Their taxes support our way of life
PAP before swine
Processed Animal Protein feed — what could possibly go wrong?
Return of the referendum?
More direct democracy could be Europe’s only means of restoring political legitimacy
Take trade experts and their models with a bucket of salt
The negative impact of Brexit on trade, and the economy at large, is still being overstated
Who are universities for?
Research is important — but serving the needs and desires of students matters more
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Taking on the right-on with cold, hard facts
A practical manual for anyone who has no choice but to sit on committees with idealistic intellectuals
Britain must develop economic resilience
The Houthis have exposed our devastating economic insecurity
Matthew Parris and the illusion of independence
Those in flight from human dependency are the ones who cannot be realistic
The BBC should remember what it’s for
A public broadcaster should exist for truthful journalism, not fashionable pieties
Profile: Salvador Allende
Lionised by the Left, the Chilean president refused to moderate his Marxist aims in the face of economic chaos