henry, let me start with you. for those who have not been in the country, like isabel, do you want to fill us in and describe what this week has felt like? this really has been a dizzying week, when you watched the way the pound drop because of last friday's mini budget that liz truss�*s new government put out. that caught people unaware, including the markets, which then rendered their verdict, saying these unfunded tax cuts included were really quite worrisome, and then you saw investors flying away from the pound in droves. so we had the pound touching down to its lowest ever point against the dollarjust a few days ago. it has recovered a little bit, but that also has been because of this extraordinary intervention by the bank of england. for a little bit of context, we look at the fact that this government has only been in power for less than a month, and yet this crisis has hit.
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