Grateful to the folk at State Street for awarding me regulation journalist of the year for my bond market feature 🥂

When we talk about City AM's paper having impact, this isn't quite what we have in mind...

Got through my maths GCSE with help of YouTube. Massively reduced the marginal advantage of kids whose parents spent thousands on home tutors

I'd prefer it the other way around. Use it as a kid and then everyone agrees to get off social media at 18 and live productive, meaningful lives in the real world

Would AI adoption be as warmly embraced if prices went up tenfold?

What's behind this yellow dip? Any ideas?

Across many UK outlets there is a real paucity of understanding of business news at the senior level, of which there are more and more signs

British tweeness has been around for much longer than previously understood.

The stupidity of, and damage done by, stamp duty is being recognised by more and more people. I’ve said it before and l’ll say it again: any govt which cared about economic growth and people’s welfare would abolish it. thetimes.com/article/026bd67…

Marshall Wace owns thousands of stocks of which Palantir is well south of 1%

RT @MayorofLondon: Complaining about nightlife when you *checks notes* choose to live in Soho is like living in South Kensington and compla…

'There is a pattern that whenever there is policy pressure the Government looks at raising taxes rather than manage its existing spending.' City Editor of City AM Simon Hunt reacts to reports Labour could be looking at raising taxes in order to fund a boost in defence spending.

A reminder that the government can simply freeze student loan repayment thresholds, or keep interest rates high, whenever it needs to raise a bit more cash

Whether its Palantir or anyone else, I would argue that Mark Rowley's insistence that achieving his primary aim of keeping Londoners safe rides entirely on access to one company's software reflects quite badly on him.

From top bosses to endless research reports, we're getting mixed messaging on the impact AI will have on jobs in the banking sector. In my column in today's @CityAM I dig through for the some kind of answer. Full piece here: cityam.com/is-the-banking-se…

Whenever certain campaigning around social media bans or Martyn's Law is brought up, I'm reminded of this Mitchell and Webb radio sketch from 2005. Here's a transcript: -- Those are the headlines at 5.09 and for an immediate reaction to today's event I think we can speak to Tom Hilton hello Tom? uh hello Chris Pal here from Radio 4, thanks for speaking to us. Can I ask what your response is to today's announcement that Rail North East will not be funding the laser assisted train early warning system? uh well yeah I personally think it's a shame So it's shame on the management, shame on the government? well I suppose but look - can I just say I'm really not the best person to talk to about this, I mean it's weird you even happen to to call me. You see by a spooky coincidence I actually lost my wife in a train crash. Yes, we know. one that exactly this kind of system could have prevented. That's why we were in touch with you Tom. oh! oh right. blimey that does seem a bit... almost... ghoulish. Well, no it's it's because you've got personal experience of a rail tragedy that your views are so important. really? I would have thought that it was because I've got personal experience of a rail tragedy that my views should be dismissed out of hand. No, no, look... Would you say that, to you, safety is by far the most important issue facing the rail network? well of course I would my wife just died in a train crash. Thank you. but you really should talk to someone else it's impossible for me to have any objectivity at all. Right, but, but if spending the three billion on the system could bring back your wife, that would be worth it? well, obviously, although I must stress I lack - any - objectivity. Nevertheless, what would you say to the minister? What would your message be to him? my message would be: minister, good luck in judging how to allocate your finite resources given the many competing demands you face.

Why I have decided to back Andy Burnham for Labour leadership camdennewjournal.com/keir#.V…

City AM's inbox is drowning in AI pitches. Anna Moloney, who spends her days copy and pasting them into detection software, has had enough.

🚨 New: Revolut's biggest European rival is preparing for a UK banking licence bid. Great scoop from @samnormanwrites. news.uk.cityam.com/story/243…

'He's right, it's a ticking time bomb for the UK.' City AM City Editor Simon Hunt discusses Britain's youth unemployment crisis after Keir Starmer described Alan Milburn's report as 'sobering'.

H/T to @SimonHuntCityAM for introducing me to Huddersfield Ben (no relation) who was, by most accounts, quite the lad!