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great to have you here. was it in your opinion the economy ultimately or did boris johnson just lie himself out of office? your thoughts. >> partly policy. he was elected as a conservative but governed as a liberal. the state increased taxes went up. the net zero agenda was putting out the price of energy. we weren't self-sufficient. and there's policy considerations here. ultimately in the united kingdom tell untruths. you cannot tell lies and get away with it. it started over the parties governing at number 10 downing street when the rest of us were living under draconian lock down...

Number, he was like, look, if we're headed for recession, the american consumer doesn't know it. they say they feel lousy about the economy, but they keep spending and they're spending on experiences, getting raises, job hopping. so there's what we feel about the economy and what the numbers are actually showing. there's -- over at the chamber of commerce they call it secondhand pessimism. the economy is stronger than the headlines reveal. what do you say about that? >> i think that absolutely makes sense. i think when these confidence numbers come out, consumer confidence, it looks very low o...

Back, that is a problem because we are in the beginning throes of this recession. it could get deeper and it will get deeper if people pull back on spending, these confidence numbers end up showing up in the spending, that is what we are waiting on and that is the concern. pete: the fed could raise interest rates? >> mortgage rates are up, lending rates are up, people say i need to borrow and can't do that, it is getting more expensive, they are getting hit with these fronts where life is becoming less affordable and then administration telling them everything is great. that saps confidence, w...