If my investigation of UK productivity stats doesn't float your boat, you might like this incredible investigation into whether the CIA poisoned Gordon Banks to spike England's chances at the 1970 World Cup (I was sceptical too, until I read it...)
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
After his three-year investigation, Gabriel Gatehouse is starting to believe that the US spy agency could actually have spiked goalkeeper Gordon Banks’s beer in Mexico
Unemployment is up. Vacancies are down. The retail and hospitality sectors are shedding jobs. At the same time, there are encouraging signs of a productivity revival.
Are these things related – and was this part of a deliberate government strategy all along? 🧵
