but had it been george osborne, then i could have told you about the trip i went on with george osborne political editor, to china, when he used that trip to warn about the dangers of brexit. he sat down to do an interview in china with me and he said "everybody�*s house price will fall immediately." "there will be a severe economic shock." this was a long time before the actual referendum — but it caused all sorts of ructions at home. and he talked about the stability of the pound and all sorts of other things. what you might not know about that visit is the thing i really remember, is that there was this big sort of ceremonial lunch on a golden boat, on some sort of beautiful lake in the middle of — in china. and during our interview, the golden boat — do you want to know what happened, or am ijust banging on? no, i said it was flexicast because we're so, so far away from the news, we have to give it a new name. so the treasury, in their quite understandable consideration to want to make this look fabulous, they wanted to make the interview look amazing and it was quite an overcast da

we were speaking to the former chancellor george osborne's ex-advisor, and he said if she did that, it would be a stroke of the pen, changing numbers on the page not real action. this was not the only drama at the treasury yesterday. you saw the city minister quit. she had was possibility for anticorruption, ironically, it was over a corruption probe.that she was a close ally of the prime minister so interesting to think about his position slightly weakened now perhaps. she has been replaced by mr reynolds -- emma reynolds who is working on china policy as the government tries to strengthen ties with beijing. opportunities for the financial sector. she used to be part of the city lobbying campaign to keep china out of the enhanced tear of the foreign influence registration scheme. tom: take us to the macro picture on the data front. this is what is key today. as you said, the inflation data out of the u.k., 7:00 a.m. u.k. time, and whether it exacerbates the selloff or gives the chancellor some reprieve. lizzy: the market moves beating the spotlight really on this data.economists expec

former colleagues, there is david cameron, who went to china, theresa may went to china well, george osborneto china. so would you go to china? , �* ., ., china? they weren't going to china? they weren't going to china point — china? they weren't going to china point when _ china? they weren't going to china point when our- china? they weren't going to | china point when our economy was in significant distress it is completely wrong for the chancellor, at a point when we have this stress in the bond markets with the consequences are five are set out for people right up and down the country, their living standards, businesses, livelihoods, the chancellor should be here at her station, chancellor should be here at herstation, reassuring chancellor should be here at her station, reassuring markets and trying to give some sense that this government gets the depths of the problem and it has some clear plans.- depths of the problem and it has some clear plans. there is a to see the — has some clear plans. there is a to see the chinese _ a to see the chinese government, you would have ditched out t