Allegra Stratton

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 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

🎧 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 ➡️ trib.al/xB7JipQ

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 omny.fm/shows/stephano…

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” nature.com/articles/s4189…

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: bloom.bg/3HKn2qz

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 bloom.bg/3yE6QSL

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? bloom.bg/3ThytdI

If you want to go into public life but currently think it’s Fort Knox, then this is the gig for you: bit.ly/41WOaeg 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…

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 bloom.bg/3Z3gtFW

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 bloom.bg/3EAp4Ym

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 bloom.bg/41nEsBu

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: bloom.bg/3EoQ4dC

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 bloom.bg/3YMLYE2

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 bloom.bg/3lzPkLT

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. bloom.bg/3I2EvJV

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 💝 bloom.bg/3YJWQlI

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 bloom.bg/40ULvkT

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: bloom.bg/3YHKKtv

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 bloom.bg/3jAvQX4

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 bloom.bg/3RwSiwz