Yields in Asia are tracking the slide in their U.S. and U.K. peers, as fears grow the world economy is teetering on the brink of a recession https://t.co/hR3feJR0zA pic.twitter.com/vYEPvRDHb0

— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) August 15, 2019

NEW: The Dow Jones closes down 800 points amid new troubling economic data.

"Investors have been rattled all day amid new signs of a possible recession ahead," @DavidMuir reports. https://t.co/ETfacpuzB8 pic.twitter.com/ZGnxl1C7Ie

— ABC News (@ABC) August 14, 2019

US stock markets dove after the bond market flashed a recession warning signal for the first time in over a decade. Here's what the yield curve is, what an inversion means and why all this matters. https://t.co/8ZvPnz3VBy pic.twitter.com/ZiBqV1Sn5P

— CNN (@CNN) August 15, 2019

Alarm bells are ringing louder in bond markets:
-The yield on 30-year Treasuries fell below 2% for the first time
-The world’s negative-yielding debt surpassed $16 trillion
-The 10-year Treasury yield dipped below the two-year, stoking recession fearshttps://t.co/Fjh6EvPToh

— Bloomberg (@business) August 15, 2019

How hedge funds are thriving in a world of negative-yielding debt https://t.co/52tSE8t3tG

— FT Markets (@FTMarkets) August 15, 2019

Confidence in the Trump White House? “Several officials have become concerned the economy is weakening faster than expected, but they are not working on proactive plans to change its course. Treasury has had an exodus of senior advisers in recent months.” https://t.co/DZk24r6lNB

— Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, News Guild (@DanRodricks) August 15, 2019

President Trump is showing what happens when the US abandons its decades-long role as a guarantor of stability and instead chooses to act as an agent of global disruption | Analysis by @stcollinson https://t.co/LJkNrWvb32

— CNN (@CNN) August 15, 2019

"'Give me your tired and your poor who can stand on their own two feet and who will not become a public charge.' That it neither rhymes nor scans is the least of our worries," writes @EstherSchor. https://t.co/9jfnwigIr4

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) August 15, 2019

“The fact is, Mr. Trump is a racial arsonist who encourages bigotry and xenophobia to rouse his base and advance his electoral prospects." https://t.co/cnGL4m2xFm

— The Hill (@thehill) August 15, 2019

The Trump administration wants to allow federal contractors to make hiring and firing decisions based on their religious beliefs and practices, @emmaogreen reports: https://t.co/tUqGHOpccP

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 15, 2019

Trump jokes about staying as president after 2024 and misunderstands wind turbines again https://t.co/DGFZvk0Hxy

— The Independent (@Independent) August 15, 2019

Today's Trump Cartoons 8/14/19 pic.twitter.com/03l7PmlOsl

— Nancy Wesley (@SansDisk2013) August 15, 2019

Is Donald Trump trying to deport Melania? #DontDeportMelania pic.twitter.com/aWoNOErfbV

— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 15, 2019

135,000 people sign a petition to rename Fifth Ave. in front of Trump Tower "Obama Avenue" https://t.co/vKn1RC0IJY

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 15, 2019

Donald Trump suggests meeting with China’s Xi Jinping to reach ‘humane’ response to Hong Kong protests https://t.co/C2y4hT400k #shop: https://t.co/qiiFKXmc9r pic.twitter.com/tSxhkaCIc2

— Mag Nota: 360V (@mag_nota) August 15, 2019

Trump says Beijing should resolve the Hong Kong crisis "humanely" if it wants a trade deal https://t.co/mc2r1VNgn9

— TIME (@TIME) August 15, 2019

Greta Thunberg departs Plymouth, onboard the Malizia II, a solar-powered racing yacht, bound for a climate conference in New Yorkhttps://t.co/LyP4G7kjAA pic.twitter.com/I6DnBrSzJe

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) August 14, 2019

Arron Banks jokes about Greta Thunberg and 'freak yachting accidents' what nasty, small minded, petty, hateful, misogynist gobdaw -that’s just for starters! Brexit sure has given platforms to some of the worst people. #BrexitShambles #climatechangedeniers https://t.co/L1cUlEUKQD

— Dr Mary McAuliffe (@MaryMcAuliffe4) August 15, 2019

Even if they know nothing about the technicalities of #ClimateChange or Brexit, what decent person would choose to be on the same side of any debate as these people?#ClimateEmergency #GretaThunberg @lbc #r4today pic.twitter.com/kFIGRL9K3e

— I Am Incorrigible also on Bluesky, threads & masto (@ImIncorrigible) August 15, 2019

Favourite image of the day! pic.twitter.com/M1EsWUMFY4

— KentishFran 💙 3.5% #FBPE #GTTO (@FranJWilliams) August 15, 2019

Half of UK farms could fail after no-deal Brexit, report warns https://t.co/Vx9BWL07MS

— The Guardian (@guardian) August 15, 2019

Boris Johnson's kamikaze act on no-deal Brexit doesn't bother this bunch of British companies. Investors are less convinced: @LionelRALaurent https://t.co/Zpuc7mMkEH via @bopinion #tictocnews pic.twitter.com/EGBN28lwDQ

— Zoe Schneeweiss (@ZSchneeweiss) August 15, 2019

By proposing a temp gvt to stop Johnson & hold a 2nd ref, Corbyn torpedoed the LibDems' image as the party whose top priority is Brexit reversal. By rejecting this offer, the LibDems have committed suicide. Again. https://t.co/0A3inr06fq

— Yanis Varoufakis (@yanisvaroufakis) August 15, 2019

So does this tweet.

Problem is, Corbyn simply isn’t a unifying figure for this crisis.

He was first to call for Art 50 to be triggered. He whipped his MPs to make it happen. He’s never once spoken at an anti-Brexit march.

And he wants to be PM to make Brexit happen. pic.twitter.com/szeJE48wOY

— Stuart Herbert 🖤🇪🇺💉💉🎸🐀 (@stuherbert) August 15, 2019

If you're sick and tired of listening to the fallacious bloviations of pompous dullards like Iain Duncan Smith going unchallenged, watch the masterful Emma Barnett clinically eviscerate him to the point where his brain collapses in on itself.pic.twitter.com/qRUA4Mq1cJ

— Graham Lithgow (@grahamlithgow) August 15, 2019

Boris Johnson is careering head first into a No Deal crash out Brexit but wants to frame everyone else and not get the blame for it himself. Fraudulent and dangerous use of the word ‘collaborators’ is calculated and sinister – if he starts using ‘True patriots’ be very afraid https://t.co/ppdvUpzBWg

— Fiona Hyslop (@FionaHyslop) August 15, 2019

Yeah, no worries. Can't see any issues……..#Donkey#Brexit pic.twitter.com/XpJCFntVzc

— Martin Chorlton (@poolman66) August 15, 2019

UKIP's new leader Richard Braine is considering changing his name – do you have any suggestions? https://t.co/82UWCTxRdT

— The New European – Think Without Borders (@TheNewEuropean) August 14, 2019

It's my book, so it is! The one thing about Brexit that is definitely out on 31st October.
Pre-order here:https://t.co/1tfJxpHm8C pic.twitter.com/nBBkfMNb6Q

— The Irish Border (@BorderIrish) August 15, 2019