Julian Jessop
Julian Jessop is an independent economist and Fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He tweets at @julianhjessop
Labour is wrecking the British economy
The UK economy is trapped in a “doom loop” by a clueless government
How the budget could backfire
Delivering a successful budget might have become politically impossible
Our public services are hamstrung by low productivity
The government must do more to help a sluggish state sector catch up
What Mark Carney got wrong
Sloppy analysis is especially disappointing from public servants
Most Read
Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The decline of British food culture
The products of social media virality and high street homogenisation leave the ambitious diner as cold as a neglected jacket potato
Killing with kindness
The MoD’s drive for a net zero military is an ideological folly that risks national security
Venice Biennale 2026
Collected detritus of Biennales past, left available for recycling when there’s space to fill
A slow Burnham
Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?
The mirage of majesty
Royal charm cannot disguise Britain’s shrinking power in a transactional world
Labour’s toxic medicine
The more they treat the symptoms of decline, the worse things get
When imitation is more then just flattery
An informative and entertaining history of plagiarism in its many forms
Questioning Islam should not be policed
Luke Salmons’s legal victory should lead to a change in police culture
