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James O'Brien - The Whole Show

The pound has fallen to an all-time low against the dollar

James O'Brien - The Whole Show

Global

Daily News, News

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2022

⏱️ 139 minutes

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This is a catch-up version of James O'Brien's live, daily show on LBC Radio. To join the conversation call: 0345 60 60 973

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0:30.0

Three minutes after ten is a time. A very good morning to you.

0:33.4

Let's dive straight in on this one.

0:36.8

Well, actually, no, let's dance around a little bit first and make some airy-fairy observations and speculations.

0:44.3

There's two worlds, isn't there?

0:47.2

I mean, you know that the value of the pound or how the pound performs against other currencies is important.

0:54.8

Partly because people keep telling you that it is and, you know, it affects how much spending

0:59.8

power you have when you go on holiday. I'm thinking about normal people like us, people who

1:04.4

don't make killings one way or the other on currency fluctuations and don't completely understand

1:10.1

what they are. I've never

1:11.0

really been embarrassed by that ignorance because, you know, it lies too short. You can't be an expert

1:17.4

on everything. But at times like this, it is a little bit embarrassing how few of us actually

1:22.4

understand what's going on. I give you an indication of Brexit Britain. There is a man who used to have quasi-quarting

1:31.7

on his payroll as a sort of advisor and who has also spent time married to one of Rupert Murdoch's

1:41.2

daughters who reportedly made millions and millions of pounds when the pound

1:47.6

went off a cliff on Friday. Shortly after, the current chief secretary to the treasury, a chat

1:53.0

called Chris Philp, had tweeted how good it was to see the pound performing so well in response

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