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Here in Liverpool, buses are back under public control – and that’s great for the only people who really matter | Steve Rotheram

Source: Guardian Business · 2026-09-08

For decades we were told that privatisation would deliver better services. The experience of millions of passengers tells a different story Steve Rotheram is mayor of the Liverpool city region One of the best-known scenes from the TV series The Inbetweeners is the four angst-ridden teenage characters shouting abuse at people queueing at a bus stop. Only losers take the bus, is the point – except they use a much ruder word. There’s also a statement, misattributed to Margaret Thatcher, that any ma

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Event (importance: low). KB match (other): "The best photos from NASA's first moon mission in ". Affected sectors: general. Primary variables: sector_specific_variable. Causal chain: VIX drops below 20 psychological threshold → signals reduced market fear → decreases demand for protective options → lowers hedging costs for institutions → potentially frees capital for equity investments.

Market Impact

▲Bullish· Small magnitude

Key variables: VIX index level, market volatility expectations, option pricing

Affected sectors: financials, options markets, volatility-linked products

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