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Chris Blackhurst

Chris Blackhurst

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Chris Blackhurst is an award-winning writer, commentator and broadcaster, based in London. He is a former editor of The Independent, city editor of the Evening Standard, Westminster correspondent for The Independent and deputy head of the Sunday Times Insight team. He writes mostly on business, politics, media. He says he will never retire. To adapt Dr Johnson on London: "If someone tires of journalism, they tire of life."
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Rishi Sunak must stop being a chancellor and prove he has what it takes to become a successful chief executive. Photo: Downing Street
Can Sunak the leader please stand up?

UK's CFO faces challenge of delivering the inspirational moments that would make him a successful prime minister

OpinionNovember 01, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
Rishi Sunak leaves his home in London. EPA
Sunak needs a game plan to match his stellar CV

New British PM must demonstrate that he really cares about how ordinary people lead their lives

OpinionOctober 24, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
FILE PHOTO: Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech on his last day in office, outside Downing Street, in London, Britain September 6, 2022. REUTERS / Toby Melville / File Photo
A week is a long time for the Tories as Boris Johnson rides back into view

Conservatives will struggle to find unity candidate after Truss's resignation

OpinionOctober 20, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss takes questions at a press conference in 10 Downing Street after sacking Kwasi Kwarteng as chancellor. Getty.
UK is butt of jokes and it’s Brexit Britain to blame

Disastrous mini-budget has seen Britain become gag line on the international stage

OpinionOctober 18, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. Andrew Parsons / CCHQ
The 'Liz and Kwasi Show' pulls back curtain on pensions nightmare

Truss and Kwarteng's plans for 'Big Bang 2.0' could be aborted after gilts selloff

OpinionOctober 11, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng defended his tax cuts in a speech to the Conservative Party conference. EPA.
Careless talk: Kwarteng's bruising lesson that being Chancellor is a serious job

Decision to meet with hedge fund managers was a baffling misstep, writes Chris Blackhurst

OpinionOctober 04, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
The National's poll has found that more than half of respondents (52%) are not confident new British Prime Minister Liz Truss will be an effective world leader. PA
Truss faces tough task to rescue Conservatives from Johnson's doldrums

Economy vital to unknown PM defying expectations, as new poll reveals UK public's fears about her

CommentSeptember 26, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers a reading during the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, London. PA.
Britain faces economic jitters after spectacle of royal funeral

Liz Truss's risky policies could backfire spectacularly if financial markets are not convinced

OpinionSeptember 20, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
Britain was a manufacturing and trading colossus in the 1950s, when Queen Elizabeth II became the nation's monarch, with shipbuilding one of its preeminent industries. PA
Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years of tumultuous economic change

The UK may not be as powerful as when she ascended the throne, but it remains in a good place

OpinionSeptember 14, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
Queen Elizabeth's legacy will cast a shadow over King Charles's reign. AFP
Brand Britain unsure and uncertain as King Charles replaces queen

Where the stoic Queen Elizabeth was unifying, her son is divisive and impulsive

OpinionSeptember 09, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
At first glance, it Is difficult to see what Laxman Narasimhan brings to the Starbucks chief executive role. Reuters
Starbucks' new chief can make the coffee brand sing

Laxman Narasimhan has shown he is not afraid to introduce drastic changes in strategy

BusinessSeptember 07, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
Rishi Sunak has committed the cardinal sin of any elected politician — of not paying due heed to his electorate. PA
'Dishy' Rishi Sunak rose like a souffle and fell flat in UK PM race

Ex-chancellor is the latest charismatic Conservative Party leadership dead cert who failed to gain the ultimate prize

OpinionSeptember 05, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
Halifax Bank of Scotland's building in the Gyle in Edinburgh. PA
Economic tsunami of 2008 ruined lives but no bankers have faced the courts

Financial crisis fallout, or lack of it, shows banks have little to fear

BusinessSeptember 01, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
Rwandan President Paul Kagame meets Prince Harry in Rwanda's capital Kigali. Getty
UK royal family risks mishap unless Prince Harry is kept in the fold

Prince Harry is part of a global phenomenon as his travels and role in the media or book deals surrounding 'The Firm' demonstrate

OpinionAugust 24, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak fear talking about climate change will hamper their chances of winning over the Tory faithful. PA
Silence on climate change in Tory leadership race spells trouble

Both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have been deafeningly and calculatingly silent on the environment

OpinionAugust 17, 2022
Chris Blackhurst
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