Matthew Lynn

With its garish bright orange livery and the ferocity with which its algorithm squeezes a few extra pounds out of you for every flight, easyJet is not a company for which anyone holds any huge affection.

Andy Burnham, the man likely to be our next prime minister, is unlikely to withstand the heat of the financial markets, says Matthew Lynn

Nissan is planning to partner with Chery, Stellantis is teaming up with Leapmotor, and of course, Britain's MG, a brand with a century of heritage behind it, has long since been folded into SAIC.

We don't hear a great deal about Lastminute any more , even if its two founders, Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox, are still doing well in their respective careers.

The price of oil is steadily falling, the Bank of England is growing more relaxed, and even the price of food is stabilising.

If Andy Burnham is really so keen on devolution, he should hand power to consumers, not mayors, says Matthew Lynn

You will have to produce a proper sick note from your first day off work. High earners will have little employment protection.

EasyJet is one of the most successful British companies of the past 30 years – it should not be sold to foreign investors, says Matthew Lynn

Tate & Lyle has already been sold to an American rival. Evoke, the owner of William Hill, has been swallowed up by a Greek-based casino operator.

It won’t be anything on the scale of 1973, when President Nixon imposed year round daylight saving time to reduce electricity consumption as well as a 50mph highway speed limit. Nor are we likely to see the thermostat restrictions, or the standby plans for rationing, that were introduced by President Carter in 1979. The “oil