I overheard two guys discussing which cabinet minister they thought most deserved a bullet in the back of the head (the Attorney General apparently). Even they thought Farage had gone too far over Nowak.

Can everyone take a moment. Elon is evil, X is a force for evil, but Loyalist pogroms in NI happened before home telephones were common place, let alone social media on mobile phones. That the police aren't actively on the side of the thugs is a progress, of sorts.

Wait long enough and there’s always another dip to buy into…

If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.

Oh dear. The fallacy of the UK regulatory dividend has burnt deep into the commentariat consciousness notwithstanding the absolute lack of evidence it exists and can offset inevitable trade costs. Otherwsie, yes, rejoin would have to be part of a bigger story.

Such a defeatist perspective. The issue isn’t too many graduates. It’s the piss-poor performance of the economy. A less skilled workforce will just mean even lower growth in the long run.

If the gilt market really is as sensitive to extra issuance as a lot of excitable commentators seem to think it is, what do they think happens to yields if the economy goes into a deep recession and the government deficit doubles?

Counterpoint to the UK bond market doomerism of late: Senior bankers, including JP Morgan's global head of rates trading, reckon the £2.9trn Gilt market will be just fine As another banker put it: "it’s not a Truss moment" www.ifre.com/topic-codes/...

Having gone a whole week without a dishwasher I now understand why houses now have two dishwashers

The gilt market really isn’t going to blow up if Burnham becomes PM. open.substack.com/pub/hybridec...

Lots of assertions, not a lot of evidence in here www.ft.com/content/1db8...

Exactly. The only difference with any other vox pop is that these people are more likely to be Farage fans.

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People in the FT comparing bond yields in different currencies again? I hoped @tobyn.bsky.social had knocked this nonsense on the head once and for all giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

It is pretty emblematic of the Uk state that the BoE is selling gilts at historically high yields and a historically steep curve because admitting that you have to change in response to events is somehow bad for your institutional credibility.

There’s no way the BoE would be selling these gilts if they were on the hook for the losses they crystallise. Reeves should order Bailey to stop the sales. Or find herself a governor who will.

He's only just found out about it because the house was in Clacton.

Ooof….

It is, today, the 55th anniversary of that gift to satire James Arkell, whose solicitors wrote to Private Eye on this day in 1971, prompting everyone’s favourite reply. You may know the story, but I put it to you that you cannot hear it enough. We begin with that initial letter... 🧵

Matt Carley might as well just put an Exeter shirt on

I think there might be more important reasons why staff numbers in universities are falling

I’m looking forward to hearing what Henley & Partners has to say on the front page of The Times

The climate strikes back

Not holding out much hope, but today feels like a good day for Reeves to tell the BoE to halt its gilt sales. QT made no sense two weeks ago and now looks positively reckless for all sorts of reasons.

Craig David for the statin generation

Excellent summary of the challenges facing central banks. In addition to labour markets being much less hot now than in 2022, household balance sheets are not as “bloated” as then. So households will struggle to offset the fall in real incomes.

Has Ed rejoined the Tories?

Starmer might as well go in studs up at this point and remind Trump how long Churchill had to wait for US support when he asked for it.

The Greens are quite likeable TBF. Provided as you don’t look too closely at their policies.

While Matt Goodwin has not commented directly the BBC understands that he rejects any accusations of pissing his pants, with an unexpectedly powerful tap apparently the culprit

Hope @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social didn’t have anything planned for the weekend

Ketchup on all the break-up news here

Ireland getting pummelled in Paris, Scotland beaten in Rome. Six nations couldn’t have got off to a better start.

Lovely view from today’s office window

Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….

Am beyond furious at the BBC bothsiding the latest murder on American streets. There isn't a "war of words" or "finger pointing". Watch the fxxxing videos. One side is fxxxing lying. This is shameful

Justin Webb would fit in well at GB News

CANZEUK?

Not the greatest PR for the chicken shop he opened yesterday morning 😳🤢

Read the article for the lazy cliches. Then read Dom’s thread for some actual analysis.

Many of the BBC news people are right wing / stupid / ill informed/ intellectually incurious but Mason is the biggest waste of space

'Britain is broken'. Get out then if you don't like it, stop moaning and talking down the country. www.england.nhs.uk/2026/01/seco...

Replacing an opportunist ethnonationalist bigot with a conviction one. Is that an upgrade?

I assume that all those on here arguing that kids don’t need smartphones because kids managed fine 20 years ago will apply the same logic to themselves.

High streets have to reinvent themselves as something different www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sometimes people ask me - where do you think is doing some really interesting local development? Often I respond Barnsley. Here’s why! www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgrnkwjvlgo.amp

Not just any deepfake porn site. The only deepfake porn site used by the FT.

How the actual did Ross Byrne get 14 Ireland caps? The worst fly half I’ve ever seen play professional rugby.