The ⁦Bank of England⁩ models rely on a lot of data that stopped being relevant in about 2000. Society, technology, payment systems and the economy moved on. They didn't

Bank of England: ‘Serious deficiencies’ in economy forecasts, review finds - BBC stocks.apple.com/AOKjoVl4BQzWPq…

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The current Bank of England team are sub standard. Their forecasting tools are a decade out of date at least, and they don't even realise. Rishi Sunak

Being Governor is a very demanding role in terms of intellect and economic understanding. We need someone in it of significantly…

Children (and adults) already owed J.K. Rowling a massive thank you for the Harry Potter books. Now they owe her an even bigger one for exposing the immense harm and abuse that has been inflicted on innocent young people by this appalling cult.

Unfortunately, Liz couldn't find space to mention that the Allianz report also estimated that lower tariffs on other goods would cut import costs by £7bn and inflation by 0.6 percentage points, resulting in a net saving of £5bn and a reduction in overall #inflation of 0.4pp... 🤔

European and UK economies are stagnating. They need to cut rates now.

The divergence from the much higher growth US economy is growing and policyholders need to ignore US Fed rates policy and get on with it.

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We are totally shocked and appalled that our business model of hawking puberty blockers to desperately unhappy kids and their worried parents is now imperilled.

We know now that soon to be ex MP Neil O’Brien was part of an operation to shut down pesky journos asking questions about lockdown. A shameful McCarthyite role.
Official NHS England data shows that hospitals were actually LESS full in 2020/2022 than in previous years. Huge…

The thing about democracy is you'll miss it when it's gone. telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/1…

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'Last month it was revealed that Universal Credit has cost taxpayers £11 billion in fraud in the past two years.

Losses – which are predominantly due to fraud and error – were last year still above pre-pandemic levels at £5.5bn, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).'…

Over the last four years, Hilary Cass has conducted the most robust review of the medical evidence for transitioning children that's ever been conducted. Mere hours after it was released to the press and public, committed ideologues are doubling down. 1/6

Switzerland has real democracy.

The ECHR and EU hate that.

Ain't it a bitch when voters just won't do what you want?

Ask Ireland.

UK supermarkets are some of the most competitive, efficient and competitively priced in the developed world. There are no signs of unusually high margins, excessive profits or super-normal returns on capital in this sector.

I have no love for supermarket companies but there is…

Like Covid, the safety and best interests of children have been sacrificed in the cause of zealotry, without evidence or rational evaluation. bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

Everyone is welcome to an opinion. But please, if people want to contradict a factual statement I make, bring some supporting evidence to the table.

An important reason that this is terrible law is the complete failure to meet any burden of proof tests for the series of hypothetical links between Switzerland not meeting some rather loosely defined green obligations and a group of elderly women having their human rights…

The UK has become the world’s fourth largest exporter thanks to a boost in services, fresh trade figures have shown.
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Hugh Osmond Well THIS is an interesting read as well.
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'...on average nearly 800 excess deaths associated with heat and over 60,500 associated with cold between 2000 and 2019, according to a new study published in The Lancet Planetary Health.'