The 'Borrowing Costs' Ritual

Britain’s supposed ‘borrowing crisis’ says less about financial necessity than about a political class still trapped inside the rituals and superstitions of a pre-floating exchange rate world.

20 May 2026 14:49 +0100 · 6 min · NeilW

How Much Is Government Borrowing? A Critique

My favourite BBC article has been rewritten again and more inaccuracies added. Let’s go through them.

4 Oct 2022 12:22 +0100 · 5 min · NeilW

HM Treasury sets the price, not The Market

Today we discuss the errors of thinking in the article: ‘Trussonomics’ has put the PM on a collision course with the Bank of England

19 Sep 2022 14:52 +0100 · 4 min · NeilW