UK Markets Will Likely Ignore Mandelson Drama
Political squalls are far easier to shrug off than Britain’s long-term economic problems.
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Political risk has reared its head in the UK once again, even more rapidly than I’d expected when I mentioned it last week. The spectre of Peter Mandelson, former British ambassador to the US, has once again risen to haunt the government of Keir Starmer, the UK Prime Minister.