Barney Macintyre

A bank with adult content on the side? @barneymac reports as OnlyFans plots its financial future The platform faces the challenge of winning over the creators it once threatened to ban, as it eyes a move into fintech bit.ly/4for9tJ

The Observer issue no. 12,231 The man who bought Britain Christopher Harborne funded the Brexit party, put £5m in the pocket of Nigel Farage and bankrolled Reform to become a national party. He is a crypto billonaire who lives in Thailand Featuring: Keir Starmer interviewed by @RSylvester1 @DAaronovitch on the biggest donor in British political history @CatNeilan on the coming investigation into Nigel Farage Pick up a copy today, available nationwide. Subscribe to get a copy of The Observer delivered right to your door every week: observer.co.uk/subscribe

For my first column as Observer economics editor, I've written about the folly of calling for blanket price subsidies during a global energy shortage. It doesn't seem to be online so if you want to read in full, you'll have to buy a physical paper like the good old days.

More recently, he’s been courting $5 billion in new investment for his fund Affinity Partners… while also “volunteering” for the US in diplomatic talks in the Middle East.

NEW: Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner sank $170m into an obscure British e-commerce company that auditors flagged last year over doubts that it would survive without fresh investment. For @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/business/…

Palantir - the good, the bad and the ugly. My piece for @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/national/…

Thrilled that Ben is joining us @ObserverUK!! One of the best brains in British economics

Today, we've released a new report by political economist and author @williamnhutton. It explains why Britain is stuck- and what policymakers can do about it. Read the full report today👇 🔗fairnessfoundation.com/escaping

If you can't trust a citation, what can you trust? AI chatbots are inventing academic sources – and scholars are citing them. My latest on "scholarly slop" for @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/science-t…

The Telegraph rejoins Europe: how a German firm bought the Brexiteers Axel Springer’s surprise gazumping of DMGT puts its Europhile chief executive in charge of the right-wing stalwart, write Stephen Armstrong and @barneymac bit.ly/4s0MOfc

BREAKING: OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons amid Pentagon contract fortune.com/2026/03/07/ope…

Monzo succession saga casts a shadow over plans for IPO The digital bank faces a shareholder revolt to reinstate TS Anil as CEO, highlighting splits over the timing of any listing, writes @barneymac bit.ly/4qkjMFW

🚨 SCOOP: Bumble built its brand on women making the first move. But a wave of legal threats from men's rights activists pushed the company to dilute its core product, robbing the company of its USP at a moment when dating apps are already in decline 🧵 observer.co.uk/news/internati…

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For this week's @ObserverUK I've written about one of my favourite topics: the productivity of the public sector, how it's measured, why it tends to grow less quickly than productivity in the private sector, and what this means for policy. observer.co.uk/news/business/…

Great article by Nick Stern in today’s ⁦@ObserverUK⁩ “Climate action is the best way to ensure long-term growth” observer.co.uk/news/business/…

I've written for @ObserverUK about Kemi Badenoch's "golden economic rule" and Nigel Farage's promise that a Reform government would "never borrow to spend". I doubt either policy would survive contact with the real world. You can read here: observer.co.uk/news/opinion-a…

🚨Call for business pitches 🚨 I’ll be covering for our business news editor @barneymac next week @ObserverUK. If you’ve got timely stories, scoops and/ or thoughtful analysis, please send them my way: [firstname].[lastname] @ observer.co.uk (Tech tips also welcome)

The deep problems at the @ONS are well summarised by @simonbriscoe and @barneymac. Enjoyed talking to them as the failure is a classic example of over-reach. @CamEcon @econromesh @EconSteveM observer.co.uk/news/business/…

NEOM, the $500bn megacity being built in Saudi Arabia, has yet to pay bonuses to staff this year, fuelling concerns MBS’s scheme faces a cash crunch and is going to be redrawn. Is this the end of the big boondoggle in the desert? Me for @ObserverUK observer.co.uk/news/business/…