Merz Sadist Bends, Bond Villain, Slick Dealing

About this episode

The episode discusses the current political and economic situation in Germany and the UK, including public dissatisfaction and bond yield spikes.

Remember Olaf Scholz? Just about? Remember when he sunk to the lowest opinion poll rating in German political history? Well the good news for anonymous hopeless former Chancellors is that the next beige technocrat in charge of Germany has just beaten his record. Plunging to 89% dissatisfied – with only 11% satisfied. Even with Macron as the most unpopular President ever, Starmer the least popular Prime Minister, Merz is more unpopular still. Our lead question this week is very simple: what the flaming fuck is going on in Germany? Meanwhile, more news just in on Europe’s cordless bungee ride: UK bond yields have spiked again. To 5.3% - the highest rate since 1998. They can’t go any higher – right? In the four years since the Truss contagion blew up the markets by hitting 5% and toppled the government, it’s a good thing the UK Treasury used that period to stop running massive deficits… right? Finally, the global oil market is beginning to resemble Argentina under Kirschner. You’ve got your official prices; and then your real prices. As reality continues to diverge from the markets, we’re asking: who is this mysterious Whale of Hormuz who keeps on fiddling with the international…

People in this episode

Host: Multipolarity

Topics covered

• German politics
• UK bond yields
• global oil market
• public opinion
• economic commentary

Keywords

• Olaf Scholz
• Merz
• UK bond yields
• Germany
• oil market
• Macron
• Starmer
• Kirschner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Substack

Places: Germany, UK, Argentina

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