Once a PM is seen as hapless, there is no way back. But Labour has good plans – and with the political landscape fragmented, it could yet prevail
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Labour is living in a fool’s paradise if it thinks it has plenty of time to turn Britain around | Larry Elliott ○
Going into 2026, the economy has little forward momentum. And there’s the issue that things may get worse before they get better
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The next big financial crisis may be brewing. Warning signs are already there | Larry Elliott ○
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The longer the period between crises, the greater the complacency. That complacency is pushing share prices ever-higher
US job creation has stalled and, despite the curbs on migration, unemployment is…
6 months ago
This trade deal is the EU’s Suez moment – its subservience to Trump is on show for all to see | Larry Elliott ○
Critics have described the one-sided deal as an admission of weakness, and a dark day for Europe. They are absolutely right
The Suez crisis in 1956 was a humiliating moment of truth for the UK. Faced …
8 months ago
Will the new Middle East crisis rock the world economy? The markets say no – but I fear they’re wrong | Larry Elliott ○
The oil shocks of the 1970s-90s had brutal economic impacts. As Israel attacks Iran, a moderate rise in oil prices rests on questionable assumptions
Financial markets picked up the clear message when …
9 months ago
Cutting aid for girls’ education isn’t just wrong – it’s economically illiterate | Larry Elliott ○
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This slash-and-burn approach is indefensible and would have been anathema to previous Labour governments
Ask any one of the 187 female Labour MPs whether they would have made it to the House of Common…
10 months ago
I’ve seen many phoney trade wars come and go. This is the real thing | Larry Elliott ○
This battle between the US and China goes far beyond market turmoil – it has killed off the liberal dream of a borderless world
Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 104% tariff on Chinese imports into…
11 months ago
What can Canada expect from its next PM? The Mark Carney I knew | Larry Elliott ○
In his seven years as Bank of England governor, Carney was charming and self-confident but had a volcanic temper
Smart, smooth, tough and a liberal globalist to the ends of his fingertips. That was ho…
12 months ago
Donald Trump sees his trade war as a show of strength. In fact, it’s the opposite | Larry Elliott ○
The president’s protectionist policies, ripe with potential global repercussions, show how exposed Washington feels to China’s growing power
The opening shots have been fired in a trade war. Multilate…
The west is already losing the AI arms race | Larry Elliott ○
Whatever the truth about DeepSeek, China’s tech sector is light years ahead on strategy and investment
For once, Donald Trump was not guilty of hyperbole. The arrival of a budget Chinese chatbot calle…