Inflation was killed—it isn't dying naturally. Why the "long transitory" view is wrong My leader economist.com/leaders/2024/0…

Squeaky

Recently discovered Apple do pretty decent transcripts of podcasts. Very useful

Fascinating - but absolutely rational. Just goes to show: governments can mount all the ad campaigns they like to encourage take-up but the prospect of 'use it or lose it' seems to be making a much bigger difference right now. #WinterFuelAllowance

🎶THINNNNNNGGGGGGSSSSSSSS….🎶

Becoming obsessed with the meme that Cameron-Osborne years were a political and strategic success worth aping

How does the Tory membership's assessment of why they lost the 2024 election compare to the wider public's view? yougov.co.uk/politics/artic…

This is good

Would love to chat to people with top-tier pitches for Issue 22. We've still got two spaces in 'facts' and 'features'. First-time writers are especially welcome.

Tremendous zombie stat

Idea: rebrand the basic state pension as “the heat and fuel allowance” and the winter fuel allowance as “pension top up”.

To appeal to the members of Britain’s Conservative Party, leadership candidates must still show off how right-wing they are (options include “quite” and “very”). They must also prove themselves to be ever so slightly mad econ.st/3Zr7wJP 👇

In The Spectator Charles Moore visits his alma mater: "As I surveyed hundreds of pupils, I noticed how successfully Eton ticks the diversity box. Forty years on, I predict, Etonians will have been banned from holding office in Britain but will be running the Chinese Communist party"

First scoop for Financial Times