CliffEdge wrote:Oggy wrote:Matthew Lynn writes much sense and consistently chops down the political wood so we can see the trees. He is derided by the establishment as he can see right though the BoE's political posturing and politicians' total inability to create growth and incentivise work.
Matthew Lynn writes absolute unsubstantiated garbage. He's a posturing nincompoop straight out of the Boris Johnson school of integrity, honesty, decency, and percipience. A traitor.
Well, I'm not sure exactly what ML's credentials are. Educated at Balliol, so I guess he probably knows a lot about "the establishment", but otherwise best known as a writer of fiction (literally - literature).
His biggest claim to fame seems to be his prediction the demise of Apple via the iPhone.
Matthew Lynn of Bloomberg (January 2007):
“Apple iPhone Will Fail in a Late, Defensive Move”
“Apple will sell a few to its fans, but the iPhone won’t make a long-term mark on the industry.”
“To its many fans, Apple is more of a religious cult than a company. An iToaster that downloads music while toasting bread would probably get the same kind of worldwide attention.
Don’t let that fool you into thinking that it matters. The big competitors in the mobile-phone industry such as Nokia Oyj and Motorola Inc. won’t be whispering nervously into their clamshells over a new threat to their business.
The iPhone is nothing more than a luxury bauble that will appeal to a few gadget freaks.”
So he's no Warren Buffet, but good at clickbait for the DT comment writing crowd. "Woke establishment transgender globalist remainer left-winger techno elitist will doom all us normal people" sort of stuff, where "normal" means the righthand fringe of the Tories, a party whose centre are currently getting caned in the polls. From what I've read, a suitably trained chat bot could easily replace him and no-one would notice.
None of this is intended to criticise his views and opinions to which he has a sacrosanct right, just the grounds on which we are supposed to take them seriously, let alone be influenced by them.
Happy Christmas, ladies and gentlemen!