Thoughts – Insights

– Boris looks set to scrape through. – If so, he managed to convert some of those naturally inclined to vote against him, as we can see from the No Confidence ratings of those publicly declaring support. Those on the left of this chart are more anti-Boris than those on the right. – If not,…

1. UK PM The No Confidence Vote fast approaches, apparently faster than the Prime Minister himself was expecting. The Sunday Times reports that his closest circle of advisers have either been on holiday or not even called up for the fight. Very little has been placed in the PM’s diary following the publication of the Sue Gray…

1. The US The latest FOMC Minutes show relief at the Fed that the market has got the message: “Many participants assessed that the Committee’s previous communications had been helpful in shifting market expectations regarding the policy outlook into better alignment with the Committee’s assessment and had contributed to the tightening of financial conditions”. In other words, yes…

The latest batch of MPs withdrawing their support from the Prime Minister tells us: Opposition to his position is growing, not diminishing. Many Conservative MPs had said they were waiting for the Sue Gray report to act; now, true to their word, they are taking action. It’s coming from more and more moderate MPs, not just those…

1. Sue Gray Finally, this week the apparently unredacted Sue Gray report into Downing Street parties should see the light of day, replete with drunken photographs that demonstrate a culture of unfettered hedonism by the untouchable unmentionables. Or at least that’s how those already dismayed by Boris Johnson’s leadership, or lack of it, will see…