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In many ways it’s an excellent place to work. But yes, there are some old school processes still in place. We’ll see whether those change with the times over the coming weeks…

Same. I drank so much pre uni, during uni, and directly afterwards. I went travelling around the age of 30, had a lovely time and drank loads, but came back and decided to make some life changes, which includes cutting alcohol right back. I’ll still drink in some situations, but I can very...

I currently work in an office and did throughout COVID at a very well run, but rather old school company (we sign in and out, we have set breaks, we get bollocked if we’re late etc). I’m currently trying to convince them to let me WFH for a few reasons: 1) there are so many distractions in the...

I hope so. I think we’ll see what he’s really made of once the election is announced as there’ll be a lot more focus on his policy choices. I do hope the Greens don’t grab too many votes from them in key seats. Similarly, I’m torn on Reform taking too many seats from the Tories… It’s an...

Isn’t it more that he’s not very good at talking about and voicing it? His whole thing seems to be letting the Tories continue to self implode and attacking them, rather than voicing his own policies. Saying that, it doesn’t help that much of our media is right leaning.

That always seems to be the feedback they get. It astounds me how underrated nursing is in this country when she tells me some of the stories of things she has to do on a day to day basis. I couldn’t do what her and her colleagues do.

My wife works here 😀

I didn’t say the Tory govt were good at governing or financial management. They clearly aren’t.

Also, for those interested, there’s a number of good economists on Twitter, like Richard Murphy (@richardjmurphy), who will explain this much better than I can.

Also, they’re not that independent https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/explainers/who-owns-the-bank-of-england#:~:text=We%20are%20wholly%2Downed%20by,carry%20out%20our%20responsibilities%20independently.

Right, but those limits are set by the government, not by the bank (who use the only tool they have to curb inflation). Which is why we can, in theory at least, print as much money as we want. And which is why, circling back to the original point, there’s more than enough money if it’s needed...

You need to regulate your currency. The govt could in theory print off and give us all £1 billion each. But what happens when you do that? What’s the consequence that we’re already seeing because of high levels of quantitative easing post Brexit (much of which was squandered, and continues to be...

All relative though, right? And have you noticed how our debt keeps going up and yet we keep spending money like it’s not really a problem? That’s the funny thing about owning your own debt…

Okay, and why do you think that might be a bad idea?

Is it okay? Absolutely. Would I do it ever? Possibly, in exceptional circumstances. Would I avoid doing so at all costs? Definitely.

Now there was a man that cared about his country.

I love a good chat about economics 😀

Absolutely. I know enough about it (from studies and work) to know most of what you read in the papers and hear from politicians is utter rubbish.

Has to be Bart. We need to be trying to win games.

There’s as much money as there’s ever been. That’s the benefit of owning your own currency. It’s why we continue to find billions of GBP for things many of us think are utterly absurd. This idea that we have no money is concocted by politicians to keep the populace under control, by breeding...