Yeah, to be fair the article’s not very clear.

I would say that elections are public affairs, and have widespread coverage, including public polling data, but I can see the analogy to insider trading.

To be even clearer, he didn’t bet on the outcome of the election, just that it would take place in July. Legally Sunak has to call an election before January 2025 but there has been a lot of speculation for the last six months about when it’s going to happen. A lot of people assumed we wouldn’t have an election until the autumn so Sunak’s announcement a few weeks ago came as a big surprise.

He bet on the date of the election. It’s not that he could impact the date (probably) but that he knew the announcement would happen a couple of days later. So less akin to throwing a fight and more having insider information about who was going to win. To me it seems similar (tho less financially rewarding) to buying stock in a company when your role in government means you know the value is going to increase soon when a new policy is introduced.

I loved seeing red squirrels when I was in Germany. Coming from the UK where they’re super rare, it was really exciting to see them. Not exclusive to Germany I guess but I’ve seen them more frequently there than anywhere else.

I have that mug! It’s an absolute pain to clean, especially inside Gromit’s nose…