Ben Wright @_BenWright_
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The Farage/Coutts story is one of those stories that manages to totally reverse political polarity. We've got people on the right calling for tougher regulation and people on the left arguing politicians shouldn't interfere in how businesses run themselves.
'What am I thinking? I'm singing 'Broady's gonna get ya' in my head' 🎙️ @davidwarner31 on what he says to himself as Stuart Broad runs in #TelegraphCricket | #ENGvAUS | #Ashes
Excellent background piece on the pitiful state of our rivers by @_BenWright_ in the @Telegraph and yes, it really is time we started having a very big conversation about farming. @NFUtweets telegraph.co.uk/environment/20…
I spoke to the Telegraph about why business leaders should be reading Jane Austen and George Bernard Shaw telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/…
My take is that Credit Suisse's AT1 bondholders were paid a coupon of 9.75% to stand really close to the fan and are now complaining about their dry cleaning bill.
My take is that Credit Suisse's AT1 bondholders were paid a coupon of 9.75% to stand really close to the fan and are now complaining about their dry cleaning bill.
Matt Levine on AT1s (CoCos). Definitive.
Insightful interview with Shell's new boss by @emilygosden
Insightful interview with Shell's new boss by @emilygosden
Separated at birth: the Economist's Jeremy Hunt/Rachel Reeves mash up and late-noughties Lionel Messi economist.com/britain/2023/0…
"...Dylan Hartley has revealed how Jones would harangue him in training: ‘That was f-----g s---, mate. That’s f-----g s---. You’re s---. You shouldn’t be here.’ And Hartley was his captain." A good day to re-read this profile of Eddie Jones by @_BenWright_ telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/0/…
Great deep dive by @_BenWright_ on the rise of #China's surveillance state – the stuff you thought was futuristic is already happening now. Can't tell you how many convos I've had w cybersecurity experts surprised by China's capabilities... telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/… @Telegraph
Vaughan & Tuffers CC podcast is back 👍
Bocconi University’s Massimo Amato and Luca Fantacci argue that, in challenging the current global monetary system, crypto “poses the right question, but gives the wrong answer". project-syndicate.org/commentary/ftx…
I have written an essay for @reactionlife about the big themes: life, death and Test match cricket. A requiem for cricket elegies: reaction.life/a-requiem-for-…
It looks like we're going to get a cracking Michael Lewis book out of this FTX debacle. Apparently he's been hanging out with SBF for the past six months. Excellent timing: telegraph.co.uk/business/2022/…
Right now, this is/should be the biggest story in Europe. The price of natural gas is falling very fast again, thanks to growing stockpiles & expectations of warmer weather. If this sustains, then electricity prices & inflation should fall quickly too 🥳🥳
Still fifty weeks to go but I’m feeling confident.
Still fifty weeks to go but I’m feeling confident.

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