economists in the public space and I think there's a lot to that.

I think there would be a lot of value in a popular communicator of macro economics as we have with science as it's not always the most accessible content in terms of finding it or understanding it

Account of austerity, Brexit, the pandemic and the promises made in the run up to the election then that's all that can reasonably be asked (an honest account I imagine involves a look of horror and challenges the political class)

Chris Dillow made a comment yesterday about the absence of left

encounter him but I was surprised that in all the years of what I would call obsessive politics watching he hadn't cropped up before. Gaza was what really demonstrated the nature of Starmer and many Labour MPs for me

But going back to the role of an economist I would say that if they give an honest

For example before the last election I was already concerns about labour and was aware of some of the things that later get detailed by e.g. Paul Holden but a lot of information about the Labour right is not particularly accessible. For instance Luke Akehurst become a giant red flag once you

I'll try to answer as fully as I can but I might meander a bit because I might have misunderstood the questions

I think a working knowledge of the kinds of politicians we have is something everyone should have but I can understand why they don't given the media environment we live in