Australian coal producers — in particular the billionaire miners Gina Rinehart and Clive Palmer — face another major roadblock to their dreams of digging up the Galilee Basin and other coal - rich resources: The likely new prime minister of India is not a big fan of coal. (cleantechnica.com)
Equally remarkably, when Harold Macmillan as new prime minister in July 1957 told the British people that they had «never had it so good», the size of the government debt at that time was 120 % of GDP, far far higher than the debt ratio of about 70 % in 2010 when Gordon Brown was accused of mortgaging Britain's future by profligacy. (leftfutures.org)
Then in October, as new Prime Minister Theresa May announced that she would invoke Article 50, the legislation that will begin Brexit negotiations, in March next year, the pound was hit again, this time falling to 0.8 against the dollar, a 31 - year low. (reimag.co.za)