by Summary:
Last week, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, told us via Twitter that he would be “speaking to industry leaders and experts to hear how they’ve reacted to the pandemic” over the coming weeks. So in terms of the calibre of “industry leaders”, you can see that things started quite well: Dishy Rishi’s first Zoom call was with chef, restauranteur and shouty reality show host Gordon Ramsay. Some, though, particularly those in the restaurant industry, felt the call was out of touch and said it was a “PR stunt”, and pointed out that Ramsay explaining how you can just launch a TV show during lockdown might be a little . . . tone-deaf. You can watch the full interview between the two here if you have a penchant for cringe-TV (you’d be doing the chancellor a
Topics:
FT Alphaville considers the following as important:
This could be interesting, too:
Last week, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, told us via Twitter that he would be “speaking to industry leaders and experts to hear how they’ve reacted to the pandemic” over the coming weeks. So in terms of the calibre of “industry leaders”, you can see that things started quite well: Dishy Rishi’s first Zoom call was with chef, restauranteur and shouty reality show host Gordon Ramsay. Some, though, particularly those in the restaurant industry, felt the call was out of touch and said it was a “PR stunt”, and pointed out that Ramsay explaining how you can just launch a TV show during lockdown might be a little . . . tone-deaf. You can watch the full interview between the two here if you have a penchant for cringe-TV (you’d be doing the chancellor a
Topics:
FT Alphaville considers the following as important:
This could be interesting, too:
Bradford DeLong writes DeLongTODAY: Inflation as the Principal Risk? I Do Not See It…
Miles Kimball writes James Wells on the Evolution of the Standard Model of Physics
Tyler Cowen writes New York City estimate of the day
Tyler Cowen writes From Charles Kenny
Last week, Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor of the Exchequer,