Matt Frei
‘Mom-in-chief’ brings empathy to the US Democrat Convention
The USA’s “mom-in-chief”, Michelle Obama, uses her maternal image to empathise with the pain of a nation.
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‘Aggressive’ Obama fights back in US debate
US President Barack Obama launches fierce attacks on his Republican opponent for the White House, Mitt Romney, as the two men take part in the second televised campaign ahead of polling on 6 November.
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FactCheck: Foxed by former defence secretary’s economy claims
Dr Liam Fox claims the global economy has doubled in the last 12 years. So why aren’t we holidaying on the moon, FactCheck asks?
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Lower US unemployment may boost Obama
US employment falls to 7.8 per cent in September, giving a potential boost to Barack Obama during an election focused largely on economic leadership.
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Clashes in Greece as strikers protest austerity measures
Riot police fire tear gas in Athens as clashes break out in the first general strike since the new coalition took power. In Spain, anti-austerity protests threaten to tear the country apart.
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Are we really open for business?
The government’s proposed £1bn business bank is the latest initiative to encourage lending in the midst of recession. Channel 4 News looks at similar schemes and assesses the challenges ahead.
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King’s ‘acceptable excuse’ for missing debt target
A green light for George Osborne to miss the debt target? In his interview on Channel 4 News, Bank of England Governor Sir Mervyn King hints that slow world growth would be an “acceptable excuse”.
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Cable outlines plans for British business bank
Business Secretary Vince Cable announces plans for a business bank to increase lending to businesses, but shadow Chancellor Ed Balls says it is time for an alternative economic plan to boost growth.
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FactCheck: How do we solve the housing crisis?
There’s nothing new or unusual about the existence of land banks, and the fact that there are plots ready to be built on but standing empty may well be a simple matter of economics.
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FactCheck: Cameron’s claims on housing are a non-starter
David Cameron’s found figures showing housebuilding starts are up since 2009. There’s a reason he chose that year as his starting point, FactCheck discovers.
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Who is South Africa’s Julius Malema?
Firebrand, agitator, radical. Channel 4 News profiles the controversial former head of the African National Congress’s Youth League, who is backing striking miners in South Africa.
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Matt Frei
Obama must give America a bold idea of its future
Beyond differences of name, race and speech, Obama and Romney are remarkably similar, blogs Matt Frei. Which is why he needs to give his audience a clear and bold idea of what he has in mind.
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Cameron must win back authority as MPs return
David Cameron seeks to reclaim the political initiative as MPs return to Westminster this week after a summer marked by an outbreak of internal dissent over his leadership.
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US election: Paul Ryan pledges not to ‘duck tough issues’
Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan has vowed to turn around America’s economy in a prime-time speech at the Republican party convention in Tampa, Florida.
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Matt Frei
Romney must play the numbers game to woo Uncle Sam
You heard me. President Romney. Prepare to get used to it. Just as America was ready for a change in 2008, it is ready for change once again, writes Matt Frei from the Republican convention.
