Fevered reports that Private Eye political editor Ian Hislop had been shot at in a ‘targeted’ attack circulated the media this morning. The Guardian was aflutter with news that Hislop, riding in a black cab, heard what was thought to be a “bullet” shattering the window. Spare a thought for Ian, who must have been very shaken up…
Police were quick to investigate the report, though despite initial fears, it turns out there was no gun or bullet, instead, the police have concluded it was probably just a “mechanical fault caused the window to shatter”. About as accurate as Private Eye…
Andy Haldane, Burnham’s recent adviser on the economy who has not taken up a No10 job, told Andrew Marr on LBC:
“The market now suspects that this is a traditional tax-and-spend socialist government with better TikTok videos…
imposing windfall taxes on oil & gas or on banks or upping capital gains tax would […] repeat the mistake that Rachel made […] The Achilles heel, the fiscal Achilles heel of this government thus far has been its unwillingness and/or inability to cut public spending.”