The UK loses its 'AAA' (Moody's rating agency)

The decision, comments by politicians, economists and market reaction (next week)

Losing our AAA rating could mean bank collapse and deflation (Telegraph, Feb 20th 2013)

Rating Action: Moody's downgrades UK's government bond rating to Aa1 from Aaa; outlook is now stable (moodys.com) 

George Osborne: Mais Lecture - A New Economic Model (conservatives.com, Feb 24th 2010)
(via @D_Blanchflower)

Moody's strips U.K. of coveted AAA bond rating (cbs.com, Feb 22nd 2013)
UK loses top AAA credit rating for first time since 1978 (bbc.co.uk, Feb 23rd 2013)
Britain's downgrade - ITV live blog (itv.com)
Has credit blow downgraded Chancellor's reputation? (itv.com, Feb 22nd 2013)
Osborne staked everything on AAA. This downgrade is a disaster for him (Telegraph, Feb 22nd 2013)
George Osborne embarrassed as UK's credit rating drops (inependent.co.uk, Feb 22nd 2013)
Britain clings to austerity despite AAA loss (France24, Feb 23r 2013)
Osborne To Continue With Austerity Programme Despite AAA Downgrading (HuffPostUK,Feb 23rd)
Did the recent move higher in UK bond yields trigger the switch to “negative outlook” by Fitch ratings agency?
(mindfulmoney.co.uk, Mar 15th 2012)

Govt economic plans in dissaray we need to hear from govt what they are going to to do to return the UK to growth immediate U-turn required
— Danny Blanchflower (@D_Blanchflower) 22 februari 2013

Though AAA loss politically bad for Osborne u also have to pin it on BoE and while we're at it OBR. All rubber stamped policy mix.
— Paul Mason (@paulmasonnews) 23 februari 2013

Robert Peston (writing in Dec): if the UK loses AAA, there will be a tsunami of schadenfreude from the opposition. bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
— Sarah Butcher (@MadameButcher) 23 februari 2013

thx Merv
— Alea (@Alea_) 22 februari 2013

Great BritAa1n #Moody's
— cigolo (@cigolo) 22 februari 2013

EnglAAnd
— Alice Ross (@aliceemross) 22 februari 2013

Scroll down to Col 148 here for George Osborne in 2011 on why "we must stay vigilant" on credit ratings bit.ly/Yjjsag
— Joseph Cotterill (@jsphctrl) 22 februari 2013

Relevant @ftalphaville reading on that UK sov downgrade: ftalphaville.ft.com/2009/12/04/872… ftalphaville.ft.com/2009/05/22/561… ftalphaville.ft.com/2010/05/11/227…
— stacy-marie ishmael (@s_m_i) 22 februari 2013