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On the latest Voternomics:

Public opinion guru Ben Page @benatipsos helps us contrast average US, UK + other voters. Takeaway? Brits are not most unhappy!

And Bloomberg grand master @johnauthers tells us what the FED could do to most enrage Trump II

https://t.co/MRbjDIl9KQ

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🎧 Why is voter satisfaction with Western governments at an unprecedented low?

Plus, a look ahead to how the Fed could shape the US election

Join @MyStephanomics, @adwooldridge and @allegrastratton on the new Voternomics ➡️ https://t.co/9VUob7fEim

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Second sesh of Bloomberg’s Voternomics looking at 2024’s mash up of economics and politics with @adwooldridge and @MyStephanomics - this time: Musk & China plus Central Bankers & struggling Politicians with Karen Ward of JP Morgan https://t.co/xFVzd9hLhH

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Better home ventilation, fans + window shutters but also radiant cooling panels + painting areas with ultra white light.

Oxford Uni’s @TheSmithSchool wants to focus minds on the extreme heat to come.

Right now, they believe UK “dangerously unprepared” https://t.co/cvWpqrwcP7

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Readout Redux:

📋When DeSantis met UK politicians… did he out-Trump Trump or dial it down?

📋And in defence of outgoing BBC chairman Richard Sharp…

📋… folk may cheer his end but, from what I saw, he did good in govt.

Get the best of Bloomberg:

https://t.co/pvqUx9o6xQ

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Readout Redux:

📋markets overshadow Budget. As @_DavidGoodman puts it, stocks dropped more than on Kwarteng’s day

📋string of BBG scoops @alexwickham @EllenAMilligan @kitty_donaldson @Joe_Mayes left little for CX

📋Budget about foxes… not rabbits

https://t.co/5UPBhvnVuc

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Readout Redux:

📋Sunak’s small boats bill passed but BBG’s @alexwickham @EllenAMilligan @leonara_campbel suggest trouble to come

📋Budget brings UK’s 1st response to IRA… inc welcome carbon capture cash but… do we need an Aukus for energy security?

https://t.co/inllWJtKer

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If you want to go into public life but currently think it’s Fort Knox, then this is the gig for you: https://t.co/I8QTl4bp2V

Run by wise and wonderful Munira Mirza, it’s free, you can do plus day job and selection Qs include fave books (no such thing as bad answers)

Go on…

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Readout Redux:

📋BBG’s @kitty_donaldson & co call Windsor Framework a “triumph”

📋but with all waiting on Brexiter’s verdicts, @lizzzburden says it’s a “referendum on Rishi Sunak”

📋If it works, £10bns investment cd be unblocked

Best of @Bloomberguk

https://t.co/djaIureRG1

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Readout Redux:

📋Of all Ukraine pieces, I enjoyed @DanielPFlatley tick-tock journalism (behind-the-scenes-in-West-Wing way, not set to music)

📋And @PhilAldrick @rachelmorison @_ToddGillespie crunch Starmer speech. The verdict…

Best of @BloombergUK

https://t.co/l5V10IOIFG

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Readout Redux:

📋@KatieLinsell explains why 4 UK grocers are rationing greens

📋politicians provide alternative 5 a day: Starmer joining Sunak launching a 5 pronged pledge

📋@elashton details the trust charge sheet V Starmer

Best of @BloombergUK

https://t.co/xRS42jf4dM

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Readout Redux:

Good news in different forms:

📋Study shows shorter working hours = ⬆️productivity (h/t Henry Ford 100+ yrs ago)

📋UK Govt may have £30bn of ‘wiggle room’ in Budget to spend on [insert 1,000 competing policies]

Best of @BloombergUK:

https://t.co/N25BMqGrK6

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Readout Redux:

📋Biden surprises Ukraine but brings aviator shades not jets. @MarcChampion1 puts in context

📋@EllenAMilligan has had many Brexit scoops - dive in for her take on NI protocol. The highest of high stakes negs

Best of @BloombergUK

https://t.co/6RTzztF0Wt

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Readout Redux:

Today it’s midlife “crossroads” + Govt wargames (separately)

📋Millennials won’t go for “table-flipping” midlife crises

📋@PhilAldrick @alexwickham @TW_Seal reveal how bad a coming Taiwanese chip crisis could be

Best of @BloombergUK

https://t.co/EyPlDvkRtm

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Readout Redux:

📋Inflation dipping brings relief but @katielinsell has one supermarket still announcing help: 20% off basics

📋Another month, another shock goodbye: Nicola Sturgeon’s exit is big.

📋@ThereseRaphael1 sifts through how it changes things.

https://t.co/0Vzz8ANnz5

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Readout Redux:

📋@Bloomberguk has given V Day a data crunch in a new series (no less) by @h_chandlerwilde.

📋100 online dating matches lead to 10 dates, to 1 keeper?

📋Dive into her piece for this and the story of £25k bonus for finding a wife 💝

https://t.co/WD1HlfvzXO

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Readout Redux:

📋@OliviaGKA on looming childcare election divide (inc alarming stats on 30 year high for women deserting labour force)

📋and after surreal turn of events in the skies: @PeterMartin_PCM has the scoop that Blinken may meet top China diplo

https://t.co/ylfZwBaWcZ

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Readout Redux:

📋As death toll in Turkey & Syria goes past 20,000, political toll begins

📋@MathisWilliam @AlastairJMarsh @drakepbennett @jendlouhyhc cover all angles in big week for oil + gas

My fave title in while:

https://t.co/8D1JVlvg2P

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Readout Redux:

📋BoE’s Catherine Mann says UK in “worst of all worlds” as inflation ⬇️in U.S. & EU @lucyjgwhite

📋And, a voice from another world again: Liz Truss chooses NOW to defend her record. Not everyone is buying it

Best of @BloombergUK today

https://t.co/mLnVl3AvyN

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Readout Redux:

📋a day on from BoE’s 10th rate hike, @PhilAldrick gets out the graphs to show UK’s labour force isn’t working

📋7 days on from Gautam Adani’s downfall and @BlakeSchmidt says it is without historical compare

Best of @BloombergUK

https://t.co/98teq5W79Z