Late period Osborne: interest rates at zero and 50-80bn of headroom: and his priority was “don’t invest”.

A quirky observation in 1967 launched a field of research: bigger signatures often signal bigger egos. Today, CEOs can be measured by their pen strokes — and large signatures can bring in twice the fundraising revenue, according to a social psychologist.
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Looking up death statistics (always fun and surprising) half of the 21,000 or so accidental UK deaths are falls, poisonings claim a quarter, far more than road accidents (7%) Knife/sharp object deaths account for around 260, guns 29.
Less than 600 homicides per year seems remarkable for 70m people.

Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, rules out metal detecting arches at stations, pointing out that with the number of stations and entrances to each it's basically impossible. She says that overall, UK trains are a pretty safe place to be.

We're now at "black people aren't British". Open sewer racism. Look forward to seeing him on QT again soon.