I have always thought the initial market reaction was more to the blithering idiocy of the justifications Truss put forward for cutting taxes & raising spending in her budget than the actual sums… (View Post)

Assuming it hasn’t been edited, I think this X post has screenshots: https://x.com/BillboardChris/status/1962814851006259447/photo/1 (View Post)

She should have rolled the WFA changes into the Autumn budget. At least she would have had the air cover of rising gilt yields to fend off her own MPs. Instead she ended up making things worse by mak… (View Post)

The same justifications used for making cyclists wear cycle helmets also apply to car drivers & passengers, for whom head injuries are a significant cause of serious long term injuries and death … (View Post)

That is what the Veep is for after all. What else is he going to say? (View Post)