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As early as July 2022, BoE Governor Bailey earmarked September as the likeliest date for the QT announcement. And then the BoE announced it formally in August 2022 - trumpeting a September launch - with quite a lot of coverage in the financial news media! 👇

Truss attacks the BoE for choosing to launch QT the day before the mini-budget, without "any briefing on what it was planning". Which, as you will find in the next post, is hopelessly wrong.

Sorry, let's just get this out the way. YOUR CHANCELLOR SIGNED THE FECKIN LETTER APPROVING THE BOE'S QT DECISION, LIZ. THE. DAY. BEFORE. THE. MINI-BUDGET. Jesus Christ.

New Liz Truss book doesn't disappoint. Thrust is blaming the Bank of England for the Sept 2022 market fallout, especially its quantitative tightening announcement the day before the mini-budget. She claims that she and Kwarteng were "caught off-guard", blindsided by the BoE's announcement.

Nigel Farage, Daniel Hannan, Aaron Banks: the remaining Brexiters look so stale and dated and old. Listening to them is like eating mouldy bread from the back of the cupboard open.substack.com/pub/arguably...

I know I say this every time, but it's true. They try to make you believe they are inevitable, when in fact they are defeatable. They do this because once people believe they will always win, there's no point fighting back.

What an incredible night last night. To see the resistance against populism triumph in two such different countries, in two such different ways.

This is utterly damning, and yet still about as generous as possible

I don't think they would have been at all surprised. You will have freaked them out much more by staying calm. Well played.

Obviously not everyone agrees. The couple in front of me got up after 20 minutes and never came back. I stared at them like they were creatures from anther planet. Felt like following them into they foyer shouting: IS THIS NOT CINEMA? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU THINK YOU'D COME HERE TO SEE?

Solar has overtaken nuclear. A decade ago it supplied 1% of the world's power. In 2025 it met three quarters of global demand growth. Almost nobody saw it coming. I spoke to Jocelyn Timperley at BBC Future about why. www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

Of all the bbc presenters, Webb’s politics are the easiest to read - because he puts them in newspapers and doesn’t even try to hide them in broadcasts His politics are also mind numbingly predictable

Somehow more terrifying than the hilariously tiny lift in my french inlaws' block, in which, under the sign that says "capacité: 1 personne", a mystery person has written "DE POIDS LÉGER" in permanent marker

today in "anxiety-inducing updates regarding today's Airbnb booking":

"Whatever happened to Marie?" "Oooh, bit of a story actually..." bsky.app/profile/youn...

"Whatever happened to Marie?" "Funny story..."

Well, that’s given me a headache. Did you have a good lie down after riGHTiNg it?

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These always hurt. I know objectively with the show turning 60 this year that even the youngest cast members would be in their 80s (I didn't know Walter was 90), but it's still never easy. These guys have been here my entire life! RIP Walter Koenig. Thank you for being there my entire life.😢

The author is saddened to hear of the Death of Admiral Pavel Chekov (2245-2366). Admiral Chekov was a longstanding supporter of Dr Devenish's academic career, and conducted several interviews with him across his career. He is survived by one son, the United Earth Councillor Anton Chekov.

Saw it. Cinema packed with people of all ages. Lots of laughs: these guys really know what they're doing. Definitely not one of those disappointing TV spin-offs. Ideal half-term fare, I'd say.

This is great, because most parents think of their children as callous dullards who hate animals, so it's really picked out the traits that makes her daughter unique, here.

Yup. It's also a very urban reaction. I'm confident in saying most people round my way - semi-rural but still London commutable already have this done. We lose power regularly and water's been distinctly hit and miss the last few years. Why wouldn't you have a torch and some water in?

You backwoods right wing preppers can support Trump all you like, but I'll go down to Tescos when the power goes out because God would never allow my life to be interrupted by

A quick Sunday morning rant on the borderline hysterical reaction from some quarters to basic adult advice. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/dont-panic...

Strongly agree. It's not unreasonable of the government to ask grown-ups to give half an hour's thought to what they would want to hand if the power or water went out overnight.

I absolutely love the photos in this. www.londoncentric.media/p/oxford-str...

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Brilliant win for progressive politics in Brazil. Anyone who says the slide to the right, in world affairs is inevitable - check this..:) www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

New Rule: politicians are terrible unless they invite me over for dinner. by Bill Maher

Say what you will about Donald Trump, but at least he’s a great guy with good policies. by Bill Maher

The Ethicist | As part of a feud with my neighbor, I reported her Guatamalan gardener to ICE. I've since learned they shipped him to Central African Republic—not what I'd intended. Given my anguish, can I now claim my Pomeranian as an emotional support dog that can sit with me in First Class?

I know @nytimes.com we're giggling at it @nytpitchbot.bsky.social but I swear to fucking god for 2 full years after Biden won the New York Times was precisely this, every fucking headline.... Unemployment keeps falling. This is a problem for Democrats. Such a joke.

Ultimately Justin Webb being a biased, contrarian idiot is a scandal for the BBC. It is simply inexcusable that he hasn’t been sacked for saying that Trump is making America normal again.

#BBCImpartiality dosent apply to Andrew Neil or ex Tory politicians, like Nick Robinson! Think you have missunderstood the purpose of #BBCimpartiality

"trumpie" webb, what a grade A chunt (my word for the 4 letter word)! Absolute 🤡

I miss Brian Redhead

I seem to remember the Daily Mail being apoplectic that MOTD presenter Gary Lineker expressed political opinions on his own personal twitter account. But they're happy to pay Webb, presenter of Radio 4s flagship current affairs programme, to write political opinion pieces? Of course they are.

He really is an absolute disgrace. I used to diss Humphrys, Robinson, Davis, etc but Webb outdoes them all. He barely attempts to hide his disdain for anything remotely liberal, progressive or even just compassionate.

Webb has a Hannan-level analytical record on American politics going back two decades now. Utterly clueless.

This is the basic line for all BBC News when it comes to anything other than the Right... "How will this thing that appears like good news turn out to be a disaster for Labour..." And, conversely... "The Conservatives have come third in this By-Election but that gives them an opportunity to..."

it is surely inappropriate for a BBC journalist to be writing opinion pieces for other media outlets. It undermines the idea that Webb can be an objective interviewer on Today on which he so often takes his own agenda into the studio.

But Mail on Sunday isn't on my reading list so perhaps if I read the whole article I'd see what you mean.

I am shocked to learn that Justin Webb would think it’s tails Trump wins, heads Dems lose

Gary Lineker was a football presenter and dared to voice an opinion and was fired. This anchor of one of the BBC's flagship political shows writes in a fascist rag and it's no problem at all. The BBC has zero credibility.

The presenter of #r4today opines.