The House of Lords has been criticised for coming back to the Withdrawal Bill with 15 amendments. But doesn’t that show that the Lords have been going through the detail with a fine tooth comb? Doesn’t it indicate that they have the good of the country at their heart? Whether you agree or disagree with them, you’d have to admit they are dedicated. They haven’t just shown up and claimed their travel allowance, then gone home. Whjat is sad is the amountof time allowed in the Commons to consider these amendments. As I discussed on the radio, parliament seemed to have far bigger issues to consider than Brexit – like the age of bus tyres.
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Bank of Canada on pause, ECB unlikely to do the same
Markets have been waxing and waning on the impact of the Delta variant, says NAB’S Gavin Friend, so no surprise equities are struggling a little. Also, no surprise that the Bank of Canada didn’t cut bond buying, but its expected the ECB will do just that later on.
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Germany to spend, Huawei to extend and Boris to block
Is Germany ready to spend its way out of a recession? Is the US economy weakening further? What’s going wrong in New Zealand? Three questions put to NAB’s Tapas Strickland on today’s Morning Call podcast.
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Fibre to the Pom
Open Reach is building a fibre network with minimal government involvement. If Telstra had been split years ago, would they now be doing the same thing?
