Says Gary Mead, Glint’s editor It’s sad but true — whether it’s a “deal” or “no-deal” over Brexit, neither the 48% of Brits who voted to remain in the European Union nor the 52% who voted to leave in the 2016 Referendum will be happy with the outcome, whatever it…

“Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim” — George Santayana. It’s been two months since Russia invaded Ukraine. There’s no indication that the war is nearing an end, although it has dropped down the mainstream news media agenda in what some are terming ‘Ukraine Fatigue’…

With 678,000 jobs in the US added in February it might seem a little perverse to be considering the chances of a recession. Yet on Tuesday 29 March, an unusual and perhaps worrying event occurred — the US Treasury yield curve inverted. If that seems a bit technical, abstract, and…

As the fighting in Ukraine becomes more intense, journalism standards are under pressure; sorting truth from lies is akin to sorting through missile-demolished buildings — you wish it hadn’t happened, and if you slip you may damage yourself. News media organisations that traditionally required at least two sources to verify…

“Inflation is much too high. We have the necessary tools, and we will use them to restore price stability”. …

Like everyone I have been struggling to understand Vladimir Putin’s reasoning for his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s neighbour to the south. And like everyone struggling to make sense of the senseless, I turn to history to find comparisons. Because Putin has conducted his war with such brutal indifference to…

He wants to raise interest rates. He needs to raise interest rates. He fully intended to raise interest rates. And then along comes a war and upsets the apple cart. Consumer inflation in the US is now more than an annualised 6% (including food and energy bills), a full 4%…

President Putin obviously bit off more than he can chew. Given his reckless gambling of Russia’s future, his under-estimation of Ukrainian resistance may simply make him only more dangerous to world stability and peace. His adventurist expedition into Ukraine has already created around half-a-million refugees and up-ended the global diplomatic…

President Putin has frequently told the world in recent weeks what he really thinks of Ukraine, but we have refused to listen or have turned a deaf ear. Putin considers Ukraine to be part of Russia. He has said this since at least July 2021; Russians and Ukrainians are “one…