Jack Peat

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE).

He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author.

Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

This is the war of the words

The only thing more terrifying than the devastating scenes in Berlin yesterday is the reaction of the soon-to-be President of the United States to the events. Hours after the deadly truck crash in Berlin, with the country's wounds laid bare, Trump jumped back on the populist bandwagon and issued a statement...

Why Britain will ‘remain’ even though we voted to leave

A few weeks back I joked about David Davis learning of an interesting alliance called the European Union following revelations that the Brexit MP was considering paying a fee for access to the single market as well as backtracking on several other mis-truths laid out on the campaign trail which would effectively...

“Schrodinger’s Chanting” Discovered At Football Matches

A strange case of “Schrodinger’s Chanting” has been spotted at football grounds amongst fans who simultaneously want to go home and not go home. Like the hypothesised cat, who is both dead and alive, new cases of football fans who are both heading home and not heading home have emerged...

Surfers flock to Newquay in Cornwall to rise the legendary ‘Cribbar’ wave. See SWNS story SWCRIBBAR: The biggest waves in the world are heading to the south west tomorrow with surfers expected to brave the mighty Cribbar wave. Not for the faint-hearted, the Cribbar only appears a few times each year and is popular with professional surfers. Tomorrow it is set to hit Newquay. Ben Skinner, a professional surfer who has ridden the wave many times, said: "The Cribbar doesn't happen that often. You need the right winds, swell and tide.

Surfers flock to Cornwall to ride the renowned ‘Cribbar’

Pictures of surfers attempting to ride Britain's biggest wave have emerged as swells in excess of 15ft hit the Cornish coast. The meteorological phenomenon known as the giant 'Cribbar'  occurs just a handful of times a year and is officially the biggest wave breaking anywhere in the world today. Among the brave souls taking...

Burglar blames the Tories and says “they’re the real criminals”

A bungled burglar blamed the Tories after he stole seven bottles of whisky, vodka, brandy and Drambuie from Waitrose, saying "they're the real criminals". The 57-year-old launched into a 15-minute tirade whilst representing himself in court, blaming "the looting Tories". During the rant, he also blamed a chief constable, who he claimed to...

Metro Reader Discovers News Content

A London commuter has become the first person to spot a piece of news content in the Metro newspaper. After spending months trawling through back issues of the commuter rag it was by chance that Danny Davey spotted never-before-seen editorial content among its commercially-driven pages. Davey said: "I was going...

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