Manila Environmental Officials Note That the River Has Begun Responding to Inquiries Faster Than Threadneedle Street

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MANILA — The Pasig River, the historically polluted waterway that bisects metropolitan Manila, has been officially declared by Department of Environment officials as more cooperative, more responsive, and on every available indicator more transparent than the Bank of England Threadneedle Street press office.

The Comparative Assessment

The assessment, conducted across approximately fourteen weeks of comparative observation, found that the Pasig River responds to environmental inquiries within an average of 11 days, while the Bank of England press office responds to inquiries about its recent rate-rise rationale within an average of 47 days, when it responds at all.

The River Methodology

Officials confirmed that the river improved responsiveness is principally a function of its having no formal press office, whereas Andrew Bailey monetary-policy operation has, on every available indicator, an extensively staffed communications function whose principal output is the deflection of meaningful questions.

The river has not yet commented on the comparison. The Department of Environment has indicated that this is consistent with the river historical position. The press office of the Bank of England, asked for response, indicated that it would respond in due course, by which it meant approximately seven weeks from the original request, by which time the news cycle will, on every available indicator, have moved on.

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SOURCE: https://prat.uk/bank-of-england-raises-rates-again-to-punish-anyone-who-enjoyed-a-sandwich/