Derrick Berthelsen
Derrick Berthelsen is an analyst who has worked for a number of Investment Banks and Investment Managers. He currently runs his own research, business and strategic consultancy firm. He tweets at @DerrickBerthel1
Do UK plans really threaten the Good Friday Agreement?
Here’s what the boss of Ireland Revenue had to say…
Some perspective on the budget
British prospects are not as bad as they seem
Western governments should blame themselves for the energy crisis
It is a failure of investment more than a product of war
The Financial Times has a Brexit problem
It cannot transcend its biases
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A shameful Bill
Labour is spectacularly failing the British people on immigration
The hitch with the Hitch
How Christopher Hitchens brought me back to Christ
The ties that bind
A revived society tie has raised thousands for hedgehogs — and reminds us what Britain has lost with the decline of the club tie
Against Northernism
“Northernism” is a superficial form of cultural branding, not a serious political project
The lonely death of Henry Nowak
We must draw lessons from a horrendous and disgraceful case
The emperor’s old advisor
McSweeney’s performance before MPs suggests age and experience hasn’t brought clarity — only better excuses
Irish anti-Israel agitation is out of control
Anti-Israel sentiments among Irish nationalists are irrational and opportunistic
Why must everything move to Manchester?
Northern England is being framed in patronising reductionist terms
Countryside counter-attack
A ban on trail hunting reveals a government more interested in cultural punishment than rural survival
Critical briefing: home ownership headaches
Why more homes are not always good news for the ordinary buyer
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
Saint Nicola
Nicola Sturgeon wants sympathy for her husband’s crimes—but after years spent avoiding awkward questions, her latest reinvention may be the hardest sell yet.
Welcome to the low-trust economy
The multi-billion pound cost of Britain’s shoplifting surge
Bye bye, Beeb?
A Netflix-style subscription model is the only way to save the BBC
The art of statesmanship
An exhibition at the Wallace Collection shows how Britain’s greatest wartime leader found solace and satisfaction in painting
