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![steve_hanke Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::863527548.png) Steve Hanke [@steve_hanke](/creator/twitter/steve_hanke) on x 804.8K followers
Created: 2025-07-14 10:00:03 UTC

#UKWatch🇬🇧: UK GDP SHRUNK in May for the second month in a row.

If Starmer was spending more time on UK economic policy and the UK budget, instead of making war with Russia, perhaps the UK's economy and the pound sterling wouldn't be IN THE TANK



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