The Bank of England's desperate bid for relevance
The Bank of England’s whopping rate cut is an attempt to regain the initiative after missing the onset of the recessionFirst Posted November 6, 2008
Richard Ehrman![]() was a government special adviser in the Employment Department and the Northern Ireland Office, during the 1980s. In the 1990s he was chief leader writer of The Daily Telegraph, and is now a consultant director of the think tank Politeia, and on the board of Policy Exchange. He also runs a commercial property company. The Bank of England's desperate bid for relevanceThe Bank of England’s whopping rate cut is an attempt to regain the initiative after missing the onset of the recessionFirst Posted November 6, 2008
The Tories' Glasgow East dilemmaIf Labour loses their safe seat to the SNP, it could be also be disaster for the Tories, says Richard EhrmanFirst Posted July 8, 2008
Northern Rock: memories of Rolls RoyceThe clean solution may be to wind Northern Rock down and sell off its assets, says Richard EhrmanFirst Posted February 18, 2008
Mervyn King rides to the City's rescueBut the Bank of England should have been intervened earlier on, says Richard EhrmanFirst Posted December 6, 2007
In demography, there are no free lunchesIf we want immigrants to do our dirty jobs, we'll need to pay for themFirst Posted October 24, 2007
Stagflation threatens to make a comebackGreenspan’s warnings that rates may have to rise are ominous for the UK, says Richard EhrmanFirst Posted September 18, 2007
It's business as usual for BrownHeadline-grabbing U-turns aside, it's business as usual for PM BrownFirst Posted August 2, 2007
Gordon Brown disappears - againFirst Posted May 7, 2007
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