# UK bond vigilantes ride again Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/uk-bond-vigilantes-ride-again Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/uk-bond-vigilantes-ride-again.md Podcast: [FT News Briefing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509) Published: 2026-05-13T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/ftnewsbriefing/episodes/uk-bond-vigilantes-ride-again Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/ftnewsbriefing/e/6a03b514b4433645568eba9c/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/uk-bond-vigilantes-ride-again Duration seconds: 662 ## Resource UK gilt investors are weighing in on who they would like to see replace Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, and the fund raising for Blue Owl is running dry. Plus, the US economy is hurting due to high inflation and eBay says no thanks to GameStop’s takeover bid.  Mentioned in this podcast: Who do gilt investors want to lead Britain?  UK borrowing costs surge as Starmer leadership crisis rattles bond  Fuel, munitions and food: Trump’s Iran war rips across US economy US inflation jumps to 3.8% as Trump’s Iran war sends petrol prices soaring Blue Owl retail fundraising evaporates amid private credit concerns Ebay rejects $56bn GameStop bid as ‘neither credible nor attractive’ Get in touch with us at podcasts@ft.com   Note: The FT does not use generative AI to voice its podcasts  Today’s FT News Briefing was hosted and edited by Marc Filippino , and produced by Katya Kumkova, Saffeya Ahmed, and Sonja Hutson. Our show was mixed by Sam Giovinco. Additional help from Michael Lello. Our executive producer is Topher Forhecz. Cheryl Brumley is the FT’s Global Head of Audio. The show’s theme music is by Metaphor Music.  Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ft-news-briefing-73509/episodes/uk-bond-vigilantes-ride-again/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/ft-news-briefing-73509/uk-bond-vigilantes-ride-again.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.