Andy Verity @andyverity
‘A man with no eyebrows telling you the emperor has no clothes’. Author of 'Rigged'. BBC economics + investigative hack. Bust myths. Expose cover-ups. Listen. London Joined March 2011-
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Van den Bogerd admits that she *still got her bonus* in 2019 despite being found that year to have misled the courts. Suggests protection of Post Office Ltd was incentivised above all moral considerations.
Yesterday’s @thetimes carried this by @jameshurley - a leaked document shows the trade body in charge of Libor, the British Bankers’ Association (BBA), removed the word “lowest” from a draft of guidance as to how the rate should operate 4/10 thetimes.co.uk/article/docume…
The extraordinary story of Tom Hayes, the first of nine traders found guilty over interest rate ‘rigging’, as told brilliantly by @ruthiesun in weekend’s Mail on Sunday. Good intro for anyone who doesn’t know what happened to those made scapegoats for the banking crisis 1/10
3/3 Vennells’ update on Project Sparrow is heavily redacted:
The responsible way of running our economy is to borrow to make smart investments that boost our economy and improve people's lives. Investing in our schools, hospitals, housing and infrastructure creates economic benefits. 3/3
The chancellor might claim that borrowing rules prevent him from raising the money to repair our economy. But these arbitrary rules are imposed by this government on itself, and don't actually measure safe levels of borrowing or debt. 2/3
Our borrowing rules are out of line with economic reality. Everywhere you look, from our schools to hospitals to high streets, our country is falling apart - this is what we should be worried about rather than slightly higher borrowing. 1/3
Our borrowing rules are out of line with economic reality. Everywhere you look, from our schools to hospitals to high streets, our country is falling apart - this is what we should be worried about rather than slightly higher borrowing. 1/3
Public sector net borrowing excluding public sector banks was £120.7 billion in the 2023 to 2024 financial year, £7.6 billion less than in the previous year and around a third of that in 2020 to 2021 during #COVID19. ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/govern…
This is astonishing; does it not amount to further hard evidence that innocent people went to jail? thetimes.co.uk/article/docume… @robilypj @Carlier_J87 @andyverity
The law of unintended consequences. In finding reasons to turn down the appeals of two jailed former bankers, did Court of Appeal judges realise their ruling could create a bias in a live benchmark used for trillions of euros of loans across the world? bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
In the year to March 2024: ▪️ Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers’ housing costs (CPIH) rose by 3.8%, unchanged from February ▪️ Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rose by 3.2%, down from 3.4% in February. ➡️ ons.gov.uk/economy/inflat…
Who’s more deserving of jail? The trader who asked colleagues for tweaks of interest rate estimates of one hundredth of a percentage point? Or bankers who helped a murderous drug gang launder $881m? You might have thought the answer's obvious. But... andyverity.substack.com/publish/post/1…
Who judges the judges? This may shock you - but sometimes the answer is 'No-one'. In criminal cases, judges can block the path to the Supreme Court - and have done so, no less than 4 times, in the cases of traders jailed for interest rate 'rigging': t.ly/umtoi
Rigged exposes a cover-up at the highest level on both sides of the Atlantic, upending the official story of the biggest scandal since the global financial crisis. On sale via @AmazonKindle buff.ly/4cruO65 @andyverity #finance #rigging
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@bysianharrison @ruthiesun People found it hard to feel sympathy for traders, especially after the GFC, but this story - expertly told here by @andyverity on @MongersPodcast - is every bit as much of a scandal as #PostOfficeInquiry youtube.com/watch?v=8YSi-f…
Today is the deadline for Tom and Carlo to argue their cases should go to the Supreme Court. Calls for the case to be heard by the UK’s highest court have been made by @DavidDavisMP @johnmcdonnellMP and former lord chancellor Lord Mackay bbc.com/news/business-… 8/10
@andyverity Judges/lawyers having discretion to interpret market rules is the problem here. In the US, CFTC lawyers fucked #Libor up initially in 2012. In 2022, US courts admitted they got it wrong. Dropped charges & vacated guilty PLEAS. UK culture of #coverup and #chumocracy still stubborn
@andyverity Right, that's how I interpreted it too! Crazy stuff Thanks for the reply btw I never thought I would feel sympathy for any banker after 07/08, but I do for those mentioned in the book who were metaphorically thrown under a bus to save those further up the food chain! Great read
@andyverity I will continue to argue that this case is not about the 'law'. It is not about sympathy. A true miscarriage of justice is when all the facts are staring you in the face, and yet legal system keeps making up 'facts' to engineer the outcome. Legal decisions should be same for all.
Just astonishing that these appeals were denied……but perhaps on a par with the utter indifference of the powerful who allowed the prosecutions in the first place. croakingcassandra.com/2023/07/11/fla…
Is the news quiet today? Or is there something profoundly important going on in the background? Behind this story is an epic saga that goes back 16 years - to a time that central banks and governments across the world would rather you didn’t know about…… bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
@andyverity 1/2..I have a spreadsheet titled "Lawyers that fucked me." For #Deutschebank, there are 6 names (so far), 4 are women. An insider at DB has told me they get thrown out there like "chum for sharks" while cowards at the top try to stay hidden. Discovery will provide new names.
@andyverity You are doing God’s work on this. Keep it up. It’s way bigger than the PO scandal, even if fewer are directly affected.
@andyverity Reading your book Andy Riveting and sickening all at the same time!
Once the narrative of "taxpayer money", "balanced books", and "household budget" is accepted by all political parties, it becomes easy to justify spending cuts and privatisation. But "affordability" is ignored when it comes to wars, bailouts, and covid crises
Delighted to be speaking on the UK's fiscal policy (or lack of) at the @Scotonomics1 conference next Friday along with @AnnPettifor @markblythe8 @andyverity @ProfSteveKeen amongst others. Still tickets available and will be livestreamed. Full details here: scotonomics.scot/festival-of-ec…
@andyverity I thought that’s what he was aiming at too
@marketsneil Agreed - LIBOR, without doubt is the most inexact of sciences. I also think Tom Hayes may have been unfairly treated by the authorities and thrown under a bus by his employers.
I wish I didn’t have to write this I am an artist, not a politician, and would rather speak through creative action than explanatory text But I find that for several reasons, I must respond to accusations and smears made against me these last couple of weeks 🧵 1/12
@StephenF55 @fiscalphillips @Philkx2 @TorstenBell @andyverity @StevenHailAus This is why it’s so frustrating that there’s so much focus on “taxes don’t fund spending” which is only really stating that governments can print money. Taxes will pretty much have to be close to spending levels it’s just not always a 1:1 link. It’s a tweak not a revolution.
@samwobot An analogy: when you go to your local filling station to top up the air in your car tyres, and the compressed air is free, what do you do? Do you keep putting air in the tyre till it explodes, or stop when it gets to the correct pressure? 1/2
@MichaelLCrick @andyverity Fleecehold. Ground rents. Service charges. The complete apathy of ombudsman and regulators in this space. The collusion of property barons, HAs, MAs and freeholders.
#PostOfficeScandal #PostOffice #MrBatesVsThePostOffice Very rarely have 'I' used the first person grammatically in any of 'my' posts. This has been quite deliberate. However, today 'I' had the absolute pleasure of meeting Nick Gould (@GouldsBlog) for the first time in person.…
Today's latest homelessness stats make for very grim reading: In England, the number of people rough sleeping rose by 27 per cent between the autumn of 2022 and 2023. In London, there was a 32 per cent increase.
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