RT @MichaelPDeacon: Boris Johnson is due to give a press conference at 7pm. He has two and a half hours to find the unmute button on his la…
Andrew Sentance Mon 23 Nov 2020 16:57

Did Boris deliberately switch off his connection to the House of Commons after his statement this afternoon? He and his team seem to have made little effort to restore the connection and Matt Hancock is remarkably well prepared to answer questions (which was presumably the plan).
Andrew Sentance Mon 23 Nov 2020 16:47

Big news from PM’s statement is reopening of “non-essential” retail, hairdressers and gyms. In addition to likely partial easing in “stay at home” and restrictions in the hospitality sector, this should allow GDP to bounce back by 6-7pc in Dec vs Nov. Chart on this to follow.
Andrew Sentance Mon 23 Nov 2020 16:37

It is amazing that the news channels know more about future gov’t policy announcements than the Cabinet and the House of Commons. A sign of a weak and ineffective gov’t.
Andrew Sentance Mon 23 Nov 2020 11:52

Our first Christmas card has arrived - from Australia! Anyone else received a Christmas card yet?
Andrew Sentance Mon 23 Nov 2020 11:37

RT @gavinesler: If Boris Johnson ever finds out that it was Boris Johnson who struck the deal that Boris Johnson says is unfair then Boris…
Andrew Sentance Sun 22 Nov 2020 17:06

RT @richardosman: If you can't do your job without bullying people then you can't do your job.
Andrew Sentance Sun 22 Nov 2020 17:06

Talking on @LBC with @toryboypierce after 7.40 am - discussing what Rishi Sunak should announce in next week’s Autumn Statement.
Andrew Sentance Sun 22 Nov 2020 07:31

I discovered recently that @bankofengland had halted their Inflation 2.0 competition for schools back in 2017. I always thought this competition was a good way of engaging 6th Form students with economic policy issues. A great shame it has been quietly buried.
Andrew Sentance Sat 21 Nov 2020 14:30

Amazing that @pritipatel thought that shouting and swearing at her staff was normal behaviour; her defence was that nobody told her that this sort of behaviour is wrong. Nobody should need to be told that. It just is, and in a position of responsibility you should know that.
Andrew Sentance Sat 21 Nov 2020 12:30

RT @steverichards14: The post Cummings reset - devolution in Scotland a “disaster”... “full confidence “ in Home Secretary found to have br…
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 18:55

RT @HowardArcherUK: Our analysis of the markedly stronger than expected #UK #retail sales performance in October when volumes rose 1.2% mon…
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 16:14

So an independent civil servant decides that @pritipatel had breached the ministerial code but #Boris decides not. So the honest civil servant resigns and the bullying minister and her boss continue in office. It stinks!
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 16:04

RT @Frances_Coppola: The ministerial code has been thrown under the bus.
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 13:49

RT @PaddyBriggs: All the current issues surrounding Johnson and his Governement - Competence, Integrity, Honesty, Corruption etc. have noth…
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 12:44

RT @PaddyBriggs: “I recognise that it is for the Prime Minister to make a judgement on whether actions by a Minister amount to a breach of…
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 12:44

Has our current gov’t led by #Boris no shame? Dominic Cummings and Priti Patel are protected. Honest hard-working public sector workers have their pay frozen. This is the worst gov’t I have seen in my lifetime.
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 12:19

RT @shjfrench: Will be joining @annaedwardsnews and @chepker just after 0900GMT on @BloombergRadio to discuss latest EU recovery fund devel…
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 08:59

Due to appear on @SkyIanKingLive after 10am talking about public finances and the state of the economy. Good news today but big challenges ahead dealing with the consequences of #Lockdown2.
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 08:54

RT @jhawksworth5: Not sure the government has its priorities right when it announces big increases in defence spending one day and a renewe…
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 08:34

Some good economic news for a change. UK retail sales and public borrowing both better than expected. Points to a further rise in #GDP in October, before the lockdown took effect.
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 07:54

RT @Simon_Nixon: If Brexit was going to be a success, Cummings and Cain would not be scarpering from Downing Street. My latest on the shatt…
Andrew Sentance Fri 20 Nov 2020 07:29

Currently watching an episode of a well-known crime series. John Hurt, John Thaw, Denis Waterman and George Cole (aka Arthur Daley) are all starring. Any ideas about what I am viewing?
Andrew Sentance Thu 19 Nov 2020 19:09

Some good news on UK #Coronavirus cases. The daily total is below 20,000 for the first time since 2nd November - which was a Monday when the total is normally low due to the weekend. Lowest Wednesday total since mid-October. Hopefully a promising sign.
Andrew Sentance Wed 18 Nov 2020 17:58

UK CPI inflation was 0.7 percent in October but is being held down by the cut in VAT to 5pc in the hospitality sector. At constant taxes, CPI inflation is 2.4 pc ie above #BoE target not below. If the VAT cut is reversed in January, as planned, inflation will pick up strongly.
Andrew Sentance Wed 18 Nov 2020 08:07