Julian Harris: Charts to Cheer up the Chancellor
For the uninitiated, it shows the yield on 30-year UK government bonds (known as gilts) and arguably tells the whole story of the chaotic last 48 hours that the Labour government inflicted on itself. Yesterday's jump, as you presumably know by now, was triggered by Keir Starmer's failure to sufficiently endorse a clearly emotional Rachel Reeves while she sat behind him, struggling to hold back tears.
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