Tony Barrett
@tonybarrett
Ex-Bloomberg editor, Pontypridd Observer reporter and NCP carpark ramp sweeper.
I think it’s across the West, it’s probably “normal” human behaviour, & probably post-WWII decades when far right was destroyed & then harshly policed by centre right (a v good thing) that was the weird bit. Pulling same levers over & over isn’t working mariosrichards.substack.com/p/my-theory-...
Designing for open outdoor space can help. Our closest pub went from first to second after being sold (ok, 2nd is summer but it was never that busy before they created big connected indoor-outdoor space):
You can’t typically look at them in isolation (Truss-level events aside) because they’re all affected by things going on around the world, typically whatever the US Federal Reserve is expected to do. Here’s the 10YR gilt vs the German Bund.
The only plant I continually have to try to dig out of my otherwise wilderness - I mean, wildlife ;) - garden or it takes over everything.
Some data cited by LSE. And that “sovereignty” is doing a lot of heavy ‘I’m not racist’ lifting, I’d guess.
“If we were to act fast, a block of part paid ordinaries funnelled through Geneva, a careful staged pre-release of IDL preference stock through the back door underpinned by a notional rights issue, who the hell would be wincing then”
Thanks for pointing me to the relevant survey. I suppose these were the charts (which u also reference) that at the time gave me pause over the big bad number.
Sorry for the googled together data but are these things comparable? Iraq at time vs Trump in past year vs Gaza in 2025
Observers keep pointing at absolute levels of wealth, income, inequality but maybe it's just perceptions of status & "fairness" in an age when high status people have more visibility. www.everythingisbullshit.blog/p/money-is-b...