Robert Peston, the BBC’s business editor, has been defended for using the established term “Queer Street” to describe financial dire straits.
Peston posted a link to his BBC blog on Twitter, saying: “Why investors love lending to UK government – & how Debt Management Office kept us out of Queer Street.”
As some Twitter users responded with criticism, Peston responded with a link to the term’s Wikipedia page, which explains its many possible etymological origins.
Read more at: BBC editor defended for use of “Queer Street” term – PinkNews.co.uk.
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