Issue 1: Murphy on the fear of the left, and the four tests for whoever wins
UK 30-year gilt yields opened above 5.75 per cent while France and Italy borrow under 4. Richard Murphy's same-day diagnosis: the City is pricing in fear of a left-wing Labour PM, and the mechanism is wealth-protective rather than informational. Four falsifiable tests for whoever inherits the leadership, applied to the candidates on the live succession scorecard.