UK
Losing it: Team Romney end disastrous tour by telling reporters to “shove it” and “kiss my ass”
The Mitt Romney team ended a disastrous, error-strewn tour to Britain, Israel and Poland by lashing out at the US press.
US economy grows as UK economy shrinks
As the UK economy descends into a double-dip recession, new figures today show the US economy continuing to grow, albeit it at a slower rate, writes Shamik Das.
Krugman: “Keynesians have been completely right, Austerians utterly wrong”
“The results are in: Keynesians have been completely right, Austerians utterly wrong - at vast human cost” - so wrote Nobel laureate Paul Krugman today.
Britain and the Chinese: From exploiter to supplicant?
The UK once exploited the Chinese, but is it now a supplicant to their government?
Edwina Currie is good at making people cry
Alex Hern reports on heartless Edwina Currie and how good she is at making people cry
Cameron heads north, Salmond heads south and Mervyn’s living in the future
Ed Jacobs reports on Cameron's attempts to save the union, and Salmond's attempts to scupper it