New data from LatAm Pulse for Bloomberg shows that over in Argentina the public is starting to come round to Javier Milei’s project after a few bumpy months. The Argentine President’s approval rating rose to 47% from 43% the previous month. October saw mass protests from students in the wake of spending cuts to unversities…
That means into Christmas Milei has net positive approval again. Monthly activity has been growing in the second half of the year while wages have been rising above inflation on a regular basis since April. Argentines are also some of the most optimistic on Trump in Latin America with almost half expecting the economic situation to improve with Donald back in the Oval Office. A lot hinges on what kind of deal Milei can get out of the IMF…
Robert Jenrick on the Today programme:
“Can you now give a guarantee to your listeners this morning that no BBC presenter in the future will be exposed as a paedophile, as a number have been in the recent past? No, of course you can’t…”