Fri Oct 30, 2009 17:31 GMT |
One of the big questions of British politics in recent years (aside from who will win the 2010 general election, of course) is quite what former Prime Minister Tony Blair will do next. Still just 56, Blair has so far filled his time with a number of high-profile appointments and lucrative business deals. In the… [Read more]
Tags: candidates, EU President, European integration, Lisbon Treaty, Tony Blair, United Kingdom
Posted in: Emerging Europe, General, Geopolitics, Political Risk, UK
Wed Feb 11, 2009 17:38 GMT |
Together with my colleagues at Business Monitor International, I have just put the finishing touches to a report titled Britain On The Brink: UK Economy Sliding Out Of The Global Premier League. Our forecasts are amongst the most bearish yet published: • Britain will suffer a far deeper recession than either the UK Treasury or… [Read more]
Tags: Britain, budget deficit, fiscal deficit, G7, GDP, per capita GDP, property prices, recession, sterling, United Kingdom
Posted in: Financials, General, Political Risk, UK