SpookyFrank
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In fact they're all spoiled ballots when you think about it.
Tory Leadership contest 2022
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In fact they're all spoiled ballots when you think about it.
Cat Fan
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Please elaborate. I'm a bit on the fence because there's plenty of political involvement already.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
It's weird isn't it. The BoE isn't a neutral organisation.
I assume it's the usual "they should do only what we tell them and not have opinions, like saying brexits fucked the economy"
Cat Fan
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If Liz Truss’s big idea really is to remodel monetary policy, expect markets to take fright
Tory leadership candidate must clarify her comments on independence of Bank of England – and sharpish
The independence of the BOE is looked upon fondly by those who take the assumptions of neoliberalism to heart and thus view economics as being some kind of neutral, apolitical force of nature. They then believe that this force can be scientifically understood and directed.
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Counter argument: politicians are dumb and shouldn't be trusted.
Look at where political meddling in interest rate policy has got Turkey. They are facing a currency crisis and an eye watering inflation rate of over 80%.
platinumsage
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The Thatcher years showed that at the very least interest rates should be divorced from the electoral cycle.
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Sep 5th
We already know that it’s going to be an utter cunt. The details are less important, really.
So we’re going to trust them with literally everything else in the country but not this special thing? That speaks to an ideological priority right there.
If you’re going down this route, it should apply to fiscal as well as monetary policy.
SpookyFrank
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We'll find out who the last two are today.
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Democratic accountability.
teqniq
DisMembered
Worthless piece of shit. offering baubles to middle England when drastic measures are what is actually required, though really none of the others have anything better to offer.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yes, exactly this. The BoE should only do what the government of the day tells them to do.
Thing about democratic accountability is that it doesn't work very well. But the alternative is even worse.
philosophical
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MrCurry
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Do you think she went to RADA to develop that talent for showing a momentary flash of emotion while speaking? Probably not, as her delivery looks like she learned her acting skills studying Joey Tribbiani from Friends.
philosophical
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After showing a bedazzling command of numbers she does a let that sink in pause twice as long as she should, then the indignant eye flash on ‘disgrace. After ‘That. Is. A. Disgrace’ she expects the declaration to spark a revolution.
Stilton parliamentarian opposing Edam Roundheads.
Please let her win out.
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
looks like it’s cut from the same speech. She was on fire that day.The same as the 'pork markets' pause, waiting for an instant gasp from the audience that doesn't come
SpookyFrank
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Someone's barking at any rate.
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There are plenty of semi-independent bodies set up to act as checks and balances on the government of the day.
You don't want to get rid of those do you? That way lies autocracy.
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