Hunt The Economist
@hunttheeconomist.bsky.social
Same profile as I had on Twitter. Local Government Officer. Economist. Left Leaning. Politically engaged. Cat owner. Fish owner. Lego enthusiast. Video Gamer. Board Gamer. My receptions are more exquisite than the Ambassador’s. Not much else to say.
@lbc.co.uk really curious what Peter would have phoned in to say if you had been sexually assaulted.
“Well, you were clearly not being careful enough, and taking enough precautions. But you’ll have learned your lesson now”
He literally said nothing about the criminals.
😡
“Well, you were clearly not being careful enough, and taking enough precautions. But you’ll have learned your lesson now”
He literally said nothing about the criminals.
😡
December 13, 2025 at 6:26 AM
@lbc.co.uk really curious what Peter would have phoned in to say if you had been sexually assaulted.
“Well, you were clearly not being careful enough, and taking enough precautions. But you’ll have learned your lesson now”
He literally said nothing about the criminals.
😡
“Well, you were clearly not being careful enough, and taking enough precautions. But you’ll have learned your lesson now”
He literally said nothing about the criminals.
😡
@lbc.co.uk knife crime is higher per capita in the USA than it is in London.
More than 22,000 gun deaths in the USA each year.
But sure, London is “dangerous”
🤦♂️
More than 22,000 gun deaths in the USA each year.
But sure, London is “dangerous”
🤦♂️
December 13, 2025 at 6:17 AM
@lbc.co.uk knife crime is higher per capita in the USA than it is in London.
More than 22,000 gun deaths in the USA each year.
But sure, London is “dangerous”
🤦♂️
More than 22,000 gun deaths in the USA each year.
But sure, London is “dangerous”
🤦♂️
@lbc.co.uk some of these callers are completely unhinged.
December 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
@lbc.co.uk some of these callers are completely unhinged.
@lbc.co.uk Lord Monkton sounds like such an entitled arse.
December 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
@lbc.co.uk Lord Monkton sounds like such an entitled arse.
@lbc.co.uk I’m sorry, but what a load of bollocks this hereditary peer is talking.
December 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@lbc.co.uk I’m sorry, but what a load of bollocks this hereditary peer is talking.
@lbc.co.uk big business people are the last ones we want running the country.
We’re one of the most unequal countries in the world.
We’re one of the most unequal countries in the world.
December 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
@lbc.co.uk big business people are the last ones we want running the country.
We’re one of the most unequal countries in the world.
We’re one of the most unequal countries in the world.
Trump is being totally played by the people in his team.
The senile old narcissist is so easily manipulated by praise that the people around him can get whatever they want. People like Stephen Miller, tech bros, even his own kids.
America is totally compromised.
The senile old narcissist is so easily manipulated by praise that the people around him can get whatever they want. People like Stephen Miller, tech bros, even his own kids.
America is totally compromised.
POLITICO: You pardoned the former president of Honduras even though he was convicted in a massive intl drug trafficking scheme. How is that 0 tolerance on drug trafficking?
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
TRUMP: Well I don't know him and I know very little about him other than people said it was like an Obama-Biden type set up
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Trump is being totally played by the people in his team.
The senile old narcissist is so easily manipulated by praise that the people around him can get whatever they want. People like Stephen Miller, tech bros, even his own kids.
America is totally compromised.
The senile old narcissist is so easily manipulated by praise that the people around him can get whatever they want. People like Stephen Miller, tech bros, even his own kids.
America is totally compromised.
@lbc.co.uk what the hell is this second caller on about? This is completely incoherent.
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
@lbc.co.uk what the hell is this second caller on about? This is completely incoherent.
@lbc.co.uk this caller is a complete arse.
Well done Ben for challenging him.
If you push him more he will reveal his racism.
Well done Ben for challenging him.
If you push him more he will reveal his racism.
December 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
@lbc.co.uk this caller is a complete arse.
Well done Ben for challenging him.
If you push him more he will reveal his racism.
Well done Ben for challenging him.
If you push him more he will reveal his racism.
December 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
@lbc.co.uk you are comparing the Canadian and British approaches to America purely from an economic perspective.
Not everything is about the economy.
Take Brexit for example.
Not everything is about the economy.
Take Brexit for example.
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
@lbc.co.uk you are comparing the Canadian and British approaches to America purely from an economic perspective.
Not everything is about the economy.
Take Brexit for example.
Not everything is about the economy.
Take Brexit for example.
@lbc.co.uk knife crime is also higher per capita in America than London.
December 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
@lbc.co.uk knife crime is also higher per capita in America than London.
@lbc.co.uk this caller is now making things up to have a pop at London.
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
@lbc.co.uk this caller is now making things up to have a pop at London.
@lbc.co.uk this caller sounds like a right arse. All he wants to do is bash the mayor of London.
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@lbc.co.uk this caller sounds like a right arse. All he wants to do is bash the mayor of London.
@lbc.co.uk this isn’t about free speech. This guest just wants people to have the freedom to hate immigrants.
She instantly dismissed the “left wing free speech” as a safeguarding issue.
But she thinks hate against immigrants isn’t a safeguarding issue.
She instantly dismissed the “left wing free speech” as a safeguarding issue.
But she thinks hate against immigrants isn’t a safeguarding issue.
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@lbc.co.uk this isn’t about free speech. This guest just wants people to have the freedom to hate immigrants.
She instantly dismissed the “left wing free speech” as a safeguarding issue.
But she thinks hate against immigrants isn’t a safeguarding issue.
She instantly dismissed the “left wing free speech” as a safeguarding issue.
But she thinks hate against immigrants isn’t a safeguarding issue.
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@lbc.co.uk
He’ll go shortly after the May elections.
I don’t care which Labour MP takes over if they continue to push through mayoral authorities and screwing over rural areas.
They have continued the austerity march on rural areas, crippling us, while flooding urban Labour areas with support.
He’ll go shortly after the May elections.
I don’t care which Labour MP takes over if they continue to push through mayoral authorities and screwing over rural areas.
They have continued the austerity march on rural areas, crippling us, while flooding urban Labour areas with support.
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
@lbc.co.uk
He’ll go shortly after the May elections.
I don’t care which Labour MP takes over if they continue to push through mayoral authorities and screwing over rural areas.
They have continued the austerity march on rural areas, crippling us, while flooding urban Labour areas with support.
He’ll go shortly after the May elections.
I don’t care which Labour MP takes over if they continue to push through mayoral authorities and screwing over rural areas.
They have continued the austerity march on rural areas, crippling us, while flooding urban Labour areas with support.
@lbc.co.uk you literally sat there defending the racist guy from a position of being completely uninformed.
“Journalist” Nick Ferrari.
What a joke.
“Journalist” Nick Ferrari.
What a joke.
December 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
@lbc.co.uk you literally sat there defending the racist guy from a position of being completely uninformed.
“Journalist” Nick Ferrari.
What a joke.
“Journalist” Nick Ferrari.
What a joke.
@lbc.co.uk I notice you’re presenting one side of the story twice, rather than an opposing view.
The reality: “Online troll being punished now that everyone knows their hateful views.”
The way it’s presented by Nick: “poor dad being punished unfairly for expressing free speech online”
The reality: “Online troll being punished now that everyone knows their hateful views.”
The way it’s presented by Nick: “poor dad being punished unfairly for expressing free speech online”
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
@lbc.co.uk I notice you’re presenting one side of the story twice, rather than an opposing view.
The reality: “Online troll being punished now that everyone knows their hateful views.”
The way it’s presented by Nick: “poor dad being punished unfairly for expressing free speech online”
The reality: “Online troll being punished now that everyone knows their hateful views.”
The way it’s presented by Nick: “poor dad being punished unfairly for expressing free speech online”
@lbc.co.uk Nick: “it sounds like you’re just suggesting we lower the retirement age”
Caller: “Well yes, but I have a solution for that but it’s complicated”
Why did the movies Soylent Green and Logan’s Run spring to mind?
Caller: “Well yes, but I have a solution for that but it’s complicated”
Why did the movies Soylent Green and Logan’s Run spring to mind?
December 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@lbc.co.uk Nick: “it sounds like you’re just suggesting we lower the retirement age”
Caller: “Well yes, but I have a solution for that but it’s complicated”
Why did the movies Soylent Green and Logan’s Run spring to mind?
Caller: “Well yes, but I have a solution for that but it’s complicated”
Why did the movies Soylent Green and Logan’s Run spring to mind?
@lbc.co.uk why does every caller who complains about workers, sound like a really shitty boss? 😆
December 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
@lbc.co.uk why does every caller who complains about workers, sound like a really shitty boss? 😆
@lbc.co.uk I usually disagree with Vanessa but on this I agree with her. Having the different options will make people more self-conscious / embarrassed about what they are ordering.
This guest has only ever dealt with people who agree with his position.
He can’t fathom alternatives.
This guest has only ever dealt with people who agree with his position.
He can’t fathom alternatives.
December 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
@lbc.co.uk I usually disagree with Vanessa but on this I agree with her. Having the different options will make people more self-conscious / embarrassed about what they are ordering.
This guest has only ever dealt with people who agree with his position.
He can’t fathom alternatives.
This guest has only ever dealt with people who agree with his position.
He can’t fathom alternatives.
@lbc.co.uk i agree with a lot of what the caller says, but he has a nerve to say council staff have jobs for life.
These lazy tropes linger, but they’re absolutely not true.
These lazy tropes linger, but they’re absolutely not true.
December 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@lbc.co.uk i agree with a lot of what the caller says, but he has a nerve to say council staff have jobs for life.
These lazy tropes linger, but they’re absolutely not true.
These lazy tropes linger, but they’re absolutely not true.
@lbc.co.uk business rates are not set by the council.
They are set by the VOA (government valuation office).
Councils just collect the money.
They are set by the VOA (government valuation office).
Councils just collect the money.
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 AM
@lbc.co.uk business rates are not set by the council.
They are set by the VOA (government valuation office).
Councils just collect the money.
They are set by the VOA (government valuation office).
Councils just collect the money.
@lbc.co.uk with people like that defending Farage, he’s in real trouble 😆
I disagree with James Hanson on almost everything, but he’s handling this caller brilliantly!
I disagree with James Hanson on almost everything, but he’s handling this caller brilliantly!
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
@lbc.co.uk with people like that defending Farage, he’s in real trouble 😆
I disagree with James Hanson on almost everything, but he’s handling this caller brilliantly!
I disagree with James Hanson on almost everything, but he’s handling this caller brilliantly!