Marc Sidwell
@marcsidwell
Editor, CapX. Author and presenter of The West. Views my own.
Absolutely thrilled and honoured to take this post on at such an important time when we need smart, thoughtful comment more than ever
We are delighted to welcome @marcsidwell to the team as he takes over as @CapX Editor! ✍️ Have an idea you'd like to pitch to the team? You can get in touch with the team by emailing [email protected]
Private equity ownership has reinvigorated and grown British business success stories, like that of Visma, which through investment and acquisitions is now valued at around $19 billion It has been key to backing innovative British businesses developing sustainable solutions to…
Great contribution to the AI debate from @lawhsw – as Trump sets out a sweeping plan to win the race for tech supremacy, why is UK policy so out of step with its own predictions of where AI is going?
In the age of Turing, the countries that get rich will have the greatest reserves of compute ✍️ @lawhsw on Westminster’s ignorance of AI’s true potential capx.co/trump-is-takin…
🚨 The Capitalist is now LIVE on X 🚨 @alysdenby and @seatradelaw join @marcsidwell to discuss Kemi's reshuffle, the unsustainable triple lock, Labour's capitulation to pressure from the Vegetable Lobby and the ban on air-con 👇
Editor's pick of the week: Air conditioning is effectively banned in new houses by burdensome planning rules ✍️ @ManiBasharzad capx.co/too-hot-this-s…
Is private equity really ruining Britain? 💰@mooremichaelk offers the case for the defence
The growth of the private equity industry is a success story – not a scandal ✍️ @mooremichaelk in defence of private equity capx.co/no-private-equ…
'The problem here isn’t just that the BMA is populated by socialist thugs, it’s that the NHS is a socialist system' @alysdenby on great form👇 capx.co/the-bma-are-so…
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A satirical nod to LBJ's Senate race and Starmer's gerrymandering of teenagers. When politicians 'expand democracy' it's usually a result of political calculations. What next? Voting rights for 3 million EU nationals? 4 million migrants? I explore this in my piece in @CapX…
☀️🇬🇧🥵 NEW RESEARCH from @BritishProgress on the true impact of Britain’s air conditioning ban. As covered by @Victoria_Spratt @theipaper today, this has real consequences for the elderly, vulnerable and pregnant. 🧵
Just as LBJ gerrymandered Texans in the 1940s, Starmer is gerrymandering teenagers ✍️ @Matthew__Bowles capx.co/labour-are-stu…
Very good piece
“America should continue to lean into what Americans produce best: brilliant minds and equally brilliant ideas, not toasters and plastic flamingos.” — How the West Wins from Globalization @tonymmorley for @NRO nationalreview.com/2025/07/how-th… 📦
A brilliant piece. Highly recommended.
Britain has replaced free markets with an incoherent system of judicially enforceable rights and statutory obligations. My latest for @TheCriticMag thecritic.co.uk/the-british-ec…
At the beginning of the 20th century, Argentina was one of the wealthiest on the planet As international demand for their products declined during the 1930s, so did Argentina’s economy. A disgruntled populace voted in the military strongman Juan Peron, whose central planning and…
New @ukonward polling shows that concerning numbers of young Brits are flirting with communism and fascism I was a teen Lefty - but collectivism is a fool’s errand Politicians just need to start actually using their mandate My latest in @CapX👇 capx.co/britains-antid…
Sobering piece from @EliotWilson2 on the implications of the UK -- and the West's -- new enthusiasm for battlefield nukes
On what target would a British prime minister conceivably order a nuclear strike? ✍️ @EliotWilson2 capx.co/tactical-nukes…