Rishi Sunak, it’s time to show true grit over the plight of the self-employed
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The City Grump
The City Grump, having recently turned 64, has spent north of 30 years in the City of London. He started as a stockbroker's analyst but after some years he decided he was too grumpy to continue with the sell side of things so he moved to the buy side and became a fund manager for the next 20 years, selling his own business in the 1990s. Post the millennium, he found himself in turn chairing a stockbroker, a financial PR company, and an Exchange. He still keeps his hand in, chairing a brace of VCTs and investing personally in startups.
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Does our Chancellor understand small company investment dynamics?
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Is equity fast becoming nothing more than an actors’ trade union?
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Bank of England issued eMoney: Good or bad for our right to privacy?
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“In politics, stupidity isn’t a handicap” – Napoleon Bonaparte
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Doing nothing: Is it good or bad for UK politics – and what about us?
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The Tory Party discovers its very own black hole: Will the world stop turning after a no-deal Brexit?
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Are the 200 really ready to sign the death warrant of the Conservative Party?
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An open letter on the Brexit deal: Quisling stalks our Parliament
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“The empty vessel sinks into ignominy”: Who should replace Theresa May?
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The great university swindle: A Westminster/ Whitehall production
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Why Theresa May’s vision for post-Brexit free trade is myopic for business
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Rising interest rates finally explode the myth of your pension fund deficit
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Brexiteers unite! You have everything to gain from blockchain
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Jean-Claude Juncker: The latest in a long line of European despots
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Does it matter that our ex-chancellor ran into the arms of wealthy new bosses? Yes, it does
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With Charlotte Hogg resigning from Bank of England, all that’s left is to sack Hammond and Carney
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Will 2017 be the year our country awakes from a quarter century of slumber?
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Taking a look at Europe’s many “emperors without clothes” – starting with Mark Carney
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FTSE 100 pay and the BHS pension fund deficit: Much less than six degrees of separation
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ECB drives coach and horses through State Aid Rules. So should we
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The bull in the China shop: Money managers short on history and long on panic
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Embracing the new year: Why 2015 will hardly be missed by Brits
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UK’s culture of fear when it comes to equity – and how the government is limiting shares
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Mission Impossible: Bank of England’s Andy Haldane may be taking over the helm at FCA
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Rothschild, Woodford and Numis signify two giant steps for equity crowdfunding
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FCA CEO Martin Wheatley’s removal could signal a new era in terms of investment
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Germany Calling: An argument for Britain needing to leave the EU
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David Cameron needs to show us what he’s made of by “slaying our pesky bogeymen”
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The EU referendum debate: Vote for us because we don’t trust you
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Is the Financial Misconduct Authority a regulator unfit for purpose?
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Is it time for Richard Branson to step out of the public spotlight?
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Crowdfunding and the FCA: The man with the red flag walks again
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People should be trusted to make their own financial decisions
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Investor expectations are pushing companies to the edge of their competencies
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Now would be a good time to reset both our rules and our values
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What’s going on in Europe and what should businesspeople do about it?
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