OK, I admit it, I have misquoted Nick’s speech to the LibDem City Forum last month - but not by much. This was the most Euro sceptic speech by a LibDem leader in living memory.
Let me quote him precisely: “the UK is enjoying the benefit of currency flexibility and the devaluation of the pound [...]

Nick Clegg’s speech to the LibDem City Forum was sufficiently interesting to make the BBC news homepage. Nick acknowledged that Vince wrote it - a deserved tribute to Vince’s credibility. Nick highlighted David Laws, Chris Huhne, and Susan Kramer as evidence that we have “the strongest team of economic expertise in British politics today”. True, [...]

In 1996 a group of Oxford academics produced a book called Options for Britain. It was intended as a thought piece for an incoming (Labour) government. 12 years on, and with less clarity as to the makeup of the next government, we are working on a new volume along the same lines. To that end [...]

Nick Clegg gave his first speech on the economy yesterday, and for those of us who call ourselves “economic liberals” it was an enjoyable occasion. There is much to discuss about the 3500 word speech but I am going to concentrate on the big picture and discuss what it means for the party as a [...]

This is the first of a regular series of columns from economist Tim Leuning.
January is the time for predictions. Every year economists make them. Sometimes we are right, and sometimes wrong. Some predictions, like inflation, are easy, but others are not. The oil price is not.
For fifty years, 1921-71, the oil price was fairly stable [...]