Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Cheating was OK because trickle down. Fck off. 3101
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026More support to the notion that these guys are looking for any possible way to avoid responsibility for sht their products do. 0101
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oh this is so dumb! She herself was an MP under leaders with demonstrably different ideas to her own! Kemi Badenoch: ‘I refuse to play by Westminster rules’ www.ft.com/content/267c... 492
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Blew my mind when I finally realised in my mid-40s that my grandparents were in their mid-40s when I was born 160
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Some day, all of this land will look like giant printed circuit boards www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...washingtonpost.comSee how data centers are changing the American landscapeSatellite imagery shows what was once farmland and desert taken over by warehouselike structures. 020
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Burnham urged to reveal all meetings with Man City owners. 🤦♂️ www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comAndy Burnham urged by Lib Dems to reveal all meetings with owners of Manchester CityThe prime minister is facing calls from the Liberal Democrats to publish details of all his meetings with Manchester City’s owners 000
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“Columnists are very possibly the worst demographic in journalism. And as you know, that really DOES mean something.” 😃 Hope she pops up somewhere else www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comIt's true: this is my final column. You have exactly 24 hours to complain before my inbox self-destructs | Marina HydeYes, after 25 years I’m signing off, and I’ve cherished every moment – especially storming the French embassy with a (toy) AK-47, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde 030
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So that's who Nvidia has been consulting with! 050
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Lol. *DO* look back in anger, mate. You should. 290
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 02/10/2026“City played fantasy football.” It’s possible to think the best City teams played “scandalously good” football and that Pep is a great coach but that it was built on a lie and without the financial doping he might never have gone there let alone won so much. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...nytimes.comManchester City’s guilty verdict and Pep Guardiola’s legacy (Gift Article)Guardiola has to believe, because otherwise what's the alternative? That it was all for nothing? 350
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The appeal board needs you to find the difference between Abu Dhabi United Group and Abu Dhabi government. 050
Reposted by Paul J DaviesGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 01/10/2026oh yeah we're in proper shoulder-tap territory. This is happening so fast I suspect it can't last more than a few days. *ITALY-GERMANY TWO-YEAR BOND YIELD SPREAD WIDENS MOST SINCE 2020 2332
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pep Guardiola speaks! "We will get through this together," he said... (on social media. from an undisclosed location.) www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...nytimes.comPep Guardiola tells Manchester City fans ‘we will get through this’ after Premier League charges verdictGuardiola managed City for 10 years, including for several seasons during the period which their Premier League rule breaches occurred. 031
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Private equity dudes are starting to face facts. LBOs are *so over*. @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comThe End of Private Equity’s Leveraged Buyout Era Is NighHigher-for-longer interest rates are forcing buyout firms to face facts. Struggling since 2023 to sell companies purchased in the long decade of ultra-cheap debt before the Covid pandemic, they’ve tri... 144
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“No, minister, the Bagehot column isn’t worth your time this week…” 190
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Properly punishing Man City will be good for the investment value of the Premier League as a whole, says @mbrooker.bsky.social for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comManchester City’s Torment Is a Dream for Its American RivalsManchester City has been found guilty of systematically breaking Premier League rules for almost a decade, in a watershed for the world’s richest football competition. The verdicts taint the legacy of... 163
Reposted by Paul J DaviesPaul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 30/09/2026City now fourth place at the bookies for relegation. Worth noting that this would be relegation due to a points deduction - straight up expulsion from the PL doesn’t count as a winning bet. 252
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Target for my broken leg recovery: be ready to run a half by March! 3100
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"If you call us out for our actual fraud there will be geopolitical consequences!" Truly the rules-based international order is dead 060
Reposted by Paul J DaviesGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Everton got a 6 point deduction for 1 (ONE) breach, have to pay Burnley £35m and they co-operated with the investigation!! Someone who is good at maths please help 6 x 114 = ? £35m x 114 x 2 (for non-co-operation) = ? 6614
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Two proper anchorman quotes in this piece lol Goldman Sachs CEO succession planning faces one big problem cnb.cx/4ddJhF3 030
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I feel like this projection ought to be getting a bit more attention>> The global AI industry needs to earn $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 to justify the capital being deployed to build data centers around the world, according to a Bain report www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comAI Faces $6 Trillion Test to Justify Data Centers, Bain SaysThe global AI industry needs to earn $6 trillion in annual revenue by 2031 to justify the capital being deployed to build data centers around the world, Bain & Co. said. 3125
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hike rates now! Piper Sandler Holds Talks to Buy Perella Weinberg -- WSJ 040
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If Goldman Sachs begins its succession from David Solomon to John Waldron, the transition should be as seamless as a DJ splicing Balearic beats. Any differences will be in style more than substance. Waldron may have more of a human factor. Via @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comFor Waldron, Becoming Goldman CEO Is the Easy PartIf this is the moment when Goldman Sachs Group Inc. begins its leadership succession from David Solomon to John Waldron, the transition should be as seamless as a DJ splicing cool Balearic beats. Any ... 030
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026TBH I'm not sure anyone believed it was there then either - Gordan Brown was just very good at finding ways to spend that were harder to track. 310
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Oooo BBG: Oura Postpones IPO Due to Uncertainty in Market 131
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Lol, tho How London became the property market’s black sheep www.ft.com/content/f9c1... via @ft 260
Reposted by Paul J DaviesPaul McNamara @mpaulmcnamara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Paddy Power quick off the mark here. FA’s lawyers hold open-top bus parade 55826
Reposted by Paul J DaviesPhilip Stafford @staffordphilip.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"As far as I'm concerned, the first thing you can do for me is to chuck all your medals into the biggest bin you can find, because you've never won any of them fairly." 17323
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I suck at this. Got to 14 on about my 5th attempt and that included two lucky guesses! 100
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'm shaking my head at UBS stock jumping more than 4% on the thinnest possible rehash of *things it might like to do* if the government hits it with a higher capital charge.... 020
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026An interesting aside from the banks analsysts at Truist >> 020
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This will never be the same without the inescapable judgement of Hamble's cold, impassive stare. 2101
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So Brexit gave us our freedom but we still have to make choices between competing trading partners?! That’s so unfair! EU urges UK to raise tariffs on Chinese cars to avoid ‘made in Europe’ barriers www.ft.com/content/5453...ft.comEU urges UK to raise tariffs on Chinese cars to avoid ‘made in Europe’ barriersLondon has lobbied intensely to secure equal treatment for British products but continues to rule out a customs union 000
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Obligatory tiny violin joke. But also this is super interesting.... Private equity dealmakers are missing out on personal windfalls from winning bets. Now some are looking outside of the industry to reinvent themselves www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... 182
Reposted by Paul J DaviesDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 24/09/2026after consideration, I have produced this necessary reference guide, perhaps @sundersays.bsky.social may be interested. If someone wants to provide funding after the fact, I can promise it won't constitute a donation in kind to Reform. 76415
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Your reminder that this list is *not* a list of personal tax bills. “Done and his brother Peter, who runs the family’s Peninsula business, together paid £400mn in taxes last year, making them Britain’s biggest individual taxpayers according to the Sunday Times Tax List.” www.ft.com/content/fc50...ft.comPaddy Power founder accuses Betfred billionaire of ‘scaremongering’ over tax risesStewart Kenny hits back at warnings over UK job losses, saying he used ‘the same script’ when he was in the industry 000
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I never normally watch the peston show. It’s so weird! 010
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“If managed poorly, I even believe Deathstar could be a risk to humanity as a whole,” said Darth Vader, chief executive officer of Empire PBC. 050
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026new bake off hasn't even started and i'm already sick of hearing about nigella 120
Paul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026What a clanger! A Morgan Stanley staffer accidentally leaked an internal document listing more than 100 investment-banking deals the firm is pitching and monitoring in Asia, revealing details of the bank’s pipeline. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comMorgan Stanley Investment-Bank Deal List Leaked in Email MisfireA Morgan Stanley staffer accidentally leaked an internal document listing more than 100 investment-banking deals the firm is pitching and monitoring in Asia, revealing details of the bank’s pipeline, ... 030