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Writer, author, columnist for Independent and National, communications advisor, ex-editor Independent, City editor Evening Standard

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What the government is failing to tell you about women in top jobs Rachel Reeves is keen to celebrate progress in getting more women onto the boards of the country’s biggest companies, writes Chris Blackhurst. But there are still precious few in charge – and that has...

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07.03.2026 06:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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With her spring statement, Rachel Reeves showed she’s living in a parallel universe The beleaguered chancellor is not just living on an other planet but in an alternative reality, says Chris Blackhurst, one in which the war in Iran is clearly something to be reduced to a footnote

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03.03.2026 20:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The sunny smiles have been wiped off the faces of British expats in Dubai As Iranian missiles rain down, the go-getting young professionals and non-doms who headed to the Gulf have found themselves swapping tax shelters for bomb shelters, says Chris Blackhurst

www.independent.co.uk/voices/iran-...

02.03.2026 17:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Iran’s ‘suicide drones’ have sent shockwaves through the global economy This time, the war has come home immediately in terrifying new ways – and the fallout for the financial markets may quickly spin out of control, says Chris Blackhurst

www.independent.co.uk/voices/iran-...

01.03.2026 12:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Starmer must use our scientific stars to drive the economy The brightest young British scientists were recognised with awards this week – it’s time the PM and his chancellor started paying attention, writes Chris Blackhurst

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28.02.2026 07:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Greens are no longer a joke – but how serious are their policies? With five MPs and a truly historic by-election result in the bag, the Green Party has come of age – so some of its wilder policies can no longer be laughed off, says Chris Blackhurst

www.independent.co.uk/voices/zack-...

28.02.2026 07:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump’s ‘golden age of America’… is anyone feeling it yet? The President used his State of the Union address to big up a US economy that’s ‘roaring like never before’… so why don’t so many ordinary voters believe him, wonders Chris Blackhurst

www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...

25.02.2026 15:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Lord Mandelson’s staggering fall still has the power to shock Arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office late this afternoon, the degree to which a truly towering figure in British political life has been brought low is extraordinary to those of us who...

www.independent.co.uk/voices/lord-...

23.02.2026 21:59 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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After the scandal of Andrew, the royals owe us transparency about their finances They have the use of 50 residences on estates totalling 250,000 acres and a life of wealth and privilege paid for by the public purse, yet much of their financial lives are shrouded in secrecy. The ti...

www.independent.co.uk/voices/andre...

21.02.2026 06:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The fall of the former Prince Andrew shows why we must always ‘follow the money’ As the Watergate scandal proved, it pays to show who truly holds the purse strings, writes Chris Blackhurst. We should know what the royal family is doing in the name of our country

www.independent.co.uk/voices/andre...

20.02.2026 15:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CEOs quaking at AI tsunami that has barely broken the surface | The National Anxiety surges through industries and stock markets as disruptor technology creates opportunities...and closes others

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18.02.2026 09:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The hidden numbers that reveal the economy is doing better than you think The latest growth figures paint a picture of an economy that is struggling along at best. But dig beneath the headline numbers and there are reasons for optimism, says Chris Blackhurst

www.independent.co.uk/voices/econo...

14.02.2026 07:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Keir Starmer set to turn leftward ho! | The National Without the vision of his chief of staff, the UK Prime Minister can offer Labour the sort of policies its MPs demand

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11.02.2026 07:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Keir Starmer’s dizzying fall shows the UK is now becoming ungovernable The Mandelson appointment and subsequent resignations have shaken confidence in the prime minister, but the problem runs much deeper – the slow erosion of trust in public life has left our once great ...

www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...

09.02.2026 20:48 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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From Melania to the Abraham Accords: Why Fernando Sulichin calls himself the 'stylish Pope of documentaries' | The National Putin, Castro, Chavez and most recently America's First Lady - the Argentinian producer has brought them all to the big screen. He explains why he's turning his camera to the Middle East

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07.02.2026 06:29 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The great crypto-crash has just begun – and it’s only going to get worse Trump promised to make America the crypto capital of the world. But as tech bros pile their money into AI instead, the value of Bitcoin is plummeting, writes Chris Blackhurst

www.independent.co.uk/voices/crypt...

07.02.2026 06:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Epstein was in effect a secret member of the British cabinet What is yet to truly sink in is the allegation that the infamous financier effectively found himself with a seat slap bang in the middle of the UK government, says Chris Blackhurst

www.independent.co.uk/voices/epste...

05.02.2026 13:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Mandelson affair shows the UK has become prone to moles and grifters The latest Epstein files expose how privileged information was allegedly traded at the top of government. This would be no lapse in judgement on Mandelson’s part, says Chris Blackhurst – it would be a...

www.independent.co.uk/voices/peter...

04.02.2026 13:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have given Starmer a worrying glimpse of the AI future The evidence on job losses caused by AI is all pointing one way, but Keir Starmer chooses to ignore it, preferring instead to welcome more AI investment and deals, writes Chris Blackhurst

www.independent.co.uk/voices/elon-...

31.01.2026 07:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why Trump is panicking about the Supreme Court and tariffs Donald Trump’s public bluster masks real anxiety as the Supreme Court weighs the legality of his emergency tariffs – and a ruling against him would be costly, humiliating and politically explosive, wr...

www.independent.co.uk/voices/tuump...

24.01.2026 07:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump's genius ploy was to find an unseen link between Chagos and Greenland | The National By taking on Starmer over Mauritius deal, the US is playing for keeps with Denmark

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21.01.2026 08:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Is ‘toddler’ Trump on the brink of completely losing it? From Chagos to Greenland, the US president’s outbursts follow a pattern: shock, withdraw, demand. Like a child denied a sweet or a toy, whatever he wants, he screams until it is his, says Chris Blackh...

www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...

21.01.2026 06:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why the latest right-wing Tory MP to defect to Reform is a new low for Farage Farage’s latest recruit is anti gay rights, anti-immigration, pro death penalty, pro South American dictators – a pit bull loving Tory reject, says Chris Blackhurst

www.independent.co.uk/voices/tory-...

19.01.2026 16:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The staggering wealth of the royals, and how taxpayers pick up the bill The spotlight has turned on the Royals’ “vast wealth”. Chris Blackhurst reports

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19.01.2026 08:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Top law firms are doing very nicely by behaving badly Leading firms have faced criticism for their role in cases, including the Post Office Horizon scandal, but profits keep rising, writes Chris Blackhurst

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17.01.2026 06:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Moneyball tactics as Jordanian investor moves towards Sheffield Wednesday takeover | The National Preferred bidders target football club mired in financial trouble and relegation peril

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15.01.2026 06:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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By gunning for the Fed’s Jerome Powell, Donald Trump is playing with fire As Trump takes aim at the Federal Reserve, the stakes extend far beyond its chair, says Chris Blackhurst. Markets do not do loyalty, and they rarely forgive political interference

www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...

12.01.2026 22:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Russia’s shadow war with us is just starting – be ready for trouble The head of MI6 has warned that for Russia ‘the front line is everywhere’. We need to wake up to the dangers of a new wave of clandestine attacks, writes Chris Blackhurst

www.independent.co.uk/voices/russi...

10.01.2026 07:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When Greenland is just another trophy in the Trump cabinet | The National Europe is stricken by the Trump taste for conquest

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07.01.2026 11:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Mark Zuckerberg is taking an almighty bet on AI. The results will be spectacular The Facebook founder and his fellow tech titans are investing big money in the potential of AI, writes Chris Blackhurst. But if the bubble bursts, it will be ordinary people left paying an extraordina...

www.independent.co.uk/voices/mark-...

03.01.2026 07:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0