Both the earnings and the claimant count data are stronger than expected. But I think any reaction to that data will be limited until we see the tone of the Bank of England's inflation report later this morning.

Domestic data is not having a whole lot of impact at the moment.

She is usually perceived as a dove and bearing that in mind I think her remarks come across as quite upbeat and I think that's why sterling is finding a little bit of relief.

Yes, it seems we've got this mutant gene in our human personality that makes us susceptible to this same kind of mistake over and over again. It's really uncanny how we build these beautiful multicultural edifices and then allow this switch to be flipped and everybody goes, 'Oh, the other, get them out of here.'

I loved being away from school. I didn't really fancy school that much when I was little; it wasn't until I was in third or fourth grade that I really settled down at school and I was much happier at home with my mum and she was very creative and sort of fostered all my interests.

The bottom line as far as I was concerned was presenting to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.