I don't think there's any full conspiracy going on, I suspect it's most likely that truss and kwarteng are just deluded incompetents who cannot see past their own extreme ideology. Truss in particular appears to think she's thatcher mk2 but has clearly bought the thatcher fan club account of 80s economics rather than the rather more nuanced reality.roubaixtuesday wrote: ↑28 Sep 2022, 10:56pm Now you're arguing that the current crisis is a result not of government incompetence but a mysterious illegal cartel?
That said, if the aforementioned 'credible traders' are not just made up, then it's quite possible they are also stupid enough to listen to individuals like Crispin Odey (whom Kwarteng used to work for) who despite quite publicly stating he's been shorting the £ is obviously going to make hay and tell them what they want to hear (i.e. it's not their fault) before he goes home and takes out even more short positions.
I'm not sure that's really accurate to say 'the market' that's causing the crash though, it's still entirely truss/kwartengs faults. They have near unlimited access to a wide range of views should they want to listen, they do not, as demonstrated when they sacked Tom Scholar when he inevitably told them to get off the crack.