Barney Macintyre

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/…

Most of us have been very quiet about the future of Tortoise over the past few months – largely, it should be said, out of respect for the Observer journalists with whom we are eager to meet and work. But the Byline Times piece is egregious, and everything Ceri says here is 💯

Chuffed that someone like Mishal Husain enjoyed the podcast I worked on with @barneymac back in June. Last year the CBI was in crisis and at the centre of a media storm, but what really happened behind closed doors? Listen to Panic in the Boardroom: lnk.to/CBI

📹 We're looking for a junior video editor to join the team at @tortoise to help produce compelling and engaging content for all our social media platforms. Full job description and details on how to apply: tortoisemedia.com/job/junior-vid…