Moyeen Islam
@moyeen.bsky.social
Rates and bikes. Wholly unable to deal with Thibaut Pinot’s retirement. “Gilt guru” and “ethereal bond vigilante” by day, elite level idiot with Bengali Dad energy at all other times. Baked goods and fried chicken enthusiast.
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"Maybe viewers need convincing, but there's plenty of cricket there. There's much more cricket than cycling, let's say, in my background."
Rob Hatch's Ashes gig is not a leap into the unknown | @nickhowson.bsky.social
Rob Hatch's Ashes gig is not a leap into the unknown | @nickhowson.bsky.social
Maybe viewers need convincing - Rob Hatch's Ashes gig is not a leap into the unknown | The Cricketer
NICK HOWSON: TNT Sports have taken a gamble, of sorts, with their lead commentators for the Men's Ashes, but there is no reason why they can't pull it off
www.thecricketer.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"Maybe viewers need convincing, but there's plenty of cricket there. There's much more cricket than cycling, let's say, in my background."
Rob Hatch's Ashes gig is not a leap into the unknown | @nickhowson.bsky.social
Rob Hatch's Ashes gig is not a leap into the unknown | @nickhowson.bsky.social
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Very bad day for gilts. There's been a few this year.
Nowhere near as bad as Truss era ofc, but I think that insane time has skewed our perception.
For instance, a rise in 30yr yields such as happened today only happened once in 10 years pre-COVID.
And not once during the 10 years to late 2008.
Nowhere near as bad as Truss era ofc, but I think that insane time has skewed our perception.
For instance, a rise in 30yr yields such as happened today only happened once in 10 years pre-COVID.
And not once during the 10 years to late 2008.
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Very bad day for gilts. There's been a few this year.
Nowhere near as bad as Truss era ofc, but I think that insane time has skewed our perception.
For instance, a rise in 30yr yields such as happened today only happened once in 10 years pre-COVID.
And not once during the 10 years to late 2008.
Nowhere near as bad as Truss era ofc, but I think that insane time has skewed our perception.
For instance, a rise in 30yr yields such as happened today only happened once in 10 years pre-COVID.
And not once during the 10 years to late 2008.
Gilt people currently
a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies .
ALT: a man in a military uniform says are we the baddies .
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Gilt people currently
Great podcast from Jack and the IFS.
I'm not sure it's an altogether positive development that the bond market now features so heavily in UK political coverage. But we are where we are, and if you'd like to understand it better, this podcast is for you.
NEW PODCAST: Are we in hock to the bond market?
🎧 Listen to our latest IFS Zooms In episode with @helenmiller.bsky.social, @benzaranko.bsky.social and Jack Meaning on how the bond market affects the government's decisions and what investors will look for in the Budget: ifs.org.uk/articles/uk-...
🎧 Listen to our latest IFS Zooms In episode with @helenmiller.bsky.social, @benzaranko.bsky.social and Jack Meaning on how the bond market affects the government's decisions and what investors will look for in the Budget: ifs.org.uk/articles/uk-...
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Great podcast from Jack and the IFS.
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Big scoop by my colleagues, this:
Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Big scoop by my colleagues, this:
The Discourse today seems to be James Bond continuity, following purple signs at at Heathrow and salary sacrifice schemes. If you can’t see that as being the basis for the plot of a PTA film, I don’t know how to help you.
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Discourse today seems to be James Bond continuity, following purple signs at at Heathrow and salary sacrifice schemes. If you can’t see that as being the basis for the plot of a PTA film, I don’t know how to help you.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle in it
November 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you see this post an album cover with a motor vehicle in it
And your lies Dan, your lies.
November 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
And your lies Dan, your lies.
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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'There really is a cost to this approach of limping budget to budget'
@helenmiller.bsky.social is joined by @benzaranko.bsky.social and Carl Emmerson to assess the public finances ahead of the November budget on the latest episode of our podcast.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/bud...
@helenmiller.bsky.social is joined by @benzaranko.bsky.social and Carl Emmerson to assess the public finances ahead of the November budget on the latest episode of our podcast.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/bud...
November 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
'There really is a cost to this approach of limping budget to budget'
@helenmiller.bsky.social is joined by @benzaranko.bsky.social and Carl Emmerson to assess the public finances ahead of the November budget on the latest episode of our podcast.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/bud...
@helenmiller.bsky.social is joined by @benzaranko.bsky.social and Carl Emmerson to assess the public finances ahead of the November budget on the latest episode of our podcast.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/bud...
There is a underrepresentation of men in gilets and quarter zips in TV advertising.
October 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
There is a underrepresentation of men in gilets and quarter zips in TV advertising.
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That's why I have "there's too many black people in adverts" as one of the most hands-down racist klaxons there is, short of violence or Nazi iconography. There's no pretence of a policy issue there, no tapdance of "legitimate concerns". It's just pathetic melanin whinging.
Something I can't get over with the Sarah Pochin comments is that it's not just racist, it's also pathetic? Like oh wittle Sarah doesn't like the wittle adverts is it? Get a grip, you're a grown woman and member of parliament, stop being a snowflake and find a real problem to deal with
October 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
That's why I have "there's too many black people in adverts" as one of the most hands-down racist klaxons there is, short of violence or Nazi iconography. There's no pretence of a policy issue there, no tapdance of "legitimate concerns". It's just pathetic melanin whinging.
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Hadn’t, in truth, really absorbed the scale of what the Conservatives are proposing on ILR and immigration more broadly until this week’s Sunday Times interviews. Some thoughts on that in today’s note:
Tory deportation plan would upend Britain
Proposing such a radical bill with little public support is a gift to Nigel Farage
www.ft.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Hadn’t, in truth, really absorbed the scale of what the Conservatives are proposing on ILR and immigration more broadly until this week’s Sunday Times interviews. Some thoughts on that in today’s note:
Has Katie Lam mentioned the stuff in museums that was given indefinite leave to remain? Is that being sent home?
October 23, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Has Katie Lam mentioned the stuff in museums that was given indefinite leave to remain? Is that being sent home?
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'Get rid of the migrants or I'll become a migrant' is quite the argument
October 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
'Get rid of the migrants or I'll become a migrant' is quite the argument
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Let's not humour those advocating deportation of UK residents with reasons why their plans would not work.
Keep it simple, this is not the action of a civilised country.
If needed, this will mean complete chaos and destruction of international reputation.
Keep it simple, this is not the action of a civilised country.
If needed, this will mean complete chaos and destruction of international reputation.
October 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Let's not humour those advocating deportation of UK residents with reasons why their plans would not work.
Keep it simple, this is not the action of a civilised country.
If needed, this will mean complete chaos and destruction of international reputation.
Keep it simple, this is not the action of a civilised country.
If needed, this will mean complete chaos and destruction of international reputation.
I can’t remember where I read it but someone was writing about people’s differing experience of law enforcement. Pour coffee down a drain and three hobby bobbies fine you £150 and yet the perception is of no action taken against shoplifting or fare evasion on public transport.
TIL: if you need to pour away excess coffee on the go, you’re not allowed to pour it into the sewer. Instead, you’re supposed to pour it into a bin???
I feel Thames Water should have been asked to comment.
Woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain www.bbc.com/news/article...
Woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I can’t remember where I read it but someone was writing about people’s differing experience of law enforcement. Pour coffee down a drain and three hobby bobbies fine you £150 and yet the perception is of no action taken against shoplifting or fare evasion on public transport.
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Imagine how many would join up if he appeared on QT 53 times (?)...like Farage.
Zack Polanski's appearance on the Laura Kuenssberg show has led to a major spike in Green membership 👀
Zack Polanski on Laura Kuenssberg show sparks huge spike in Green members
www.thenational.scot
October 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Imagine how many would join up if he appeared on QT 53 times (?)...like Farage.
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This, this, this. If journalists don’t scrutinize this and explain it properly now then they have failed on their duty and will bear a share of the blame if such policies are enacted (most of the public oppose them and don’t I think realise what is being proposed yet).
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This, this, this. If journalists don’t scrutinize this and explain it properly now then they have failed on their duty and will bear a share of the blame if such policies are enacted (most of the public oppose them and don’t I think realise what is being proposed yet).
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By rights, Farage’s shilling for Putin should have disqualified him from UK politics. He knows it, and is now trying to spin what he has said previously.
Fortunately, @sturdyalex.bsky.social has kept the receipts. Please do listen and, importantly, share.
@quietriotpod.bsky.social
Fortunately, @sturdyalex.bsky.social has kept the receipts. Please do listen and, importantly, share.
@quietriotpod.bsky.social
I see Nigel Farage is back to claiming he "predicted" the war between Russia and Ukraine in the EU Parliament, when in fact he spoke AFTER the annexation of Crimea, to defend Russia and claim it was all the EU's fault.
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Fact Check: Nigel Farage on Ukraine and Putin
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · S1, E9 Bonus · 12m
podcasts.apple.com
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
By rights, Farage’s shilling for Putin should have disqualified him from UK politics. He knows it, and is now trying to spin what he has said previously.
Fortunately, @sturdyalex.bsky.social has kept the receipts. Please do listen and, importantly, share.
@quietriotpod.bsky.social
Fortunately, @sturdyalex.bsky.social has kept the receipts. Please do listen and, importantly, share.
@quietriotpod.bsky.social
TIL that the North Korean embassy is by the North Circular Rd in Gunnersbury.
October 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
TIL that the North Korean embassy is by the North Circular Rd in Gunnersbury.
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you must remember 07, little subprime lenders getting in shit, one after the other, each one shrugged off as idiosyncratic. That memory is still fresh over here...
October 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
you must remember 07, little subprime lenders getting in shit, one after the other, each one shrugged off as idiosyncratic. That memory is still fresh over here...
Me: I just want a quiet breakfast in town,
I’ll avoid Mayfair…..40mins and three different HF guys later.
I’ll avoid Mayfair…..40mins and three different HF guys later.
October 16, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Me: I just want a quiet breakfast in town,
I’ll avoid Mayfair…..40mins and three different HF guys later.
I’ll avoid Mayfair…..40mins and three different HF guys later.