Tag: Covid

China GDP: Economy shakes off Covid legacy to grow 4.5% in Q1

Hong Kong CNN  —  China’s economy got off to a solid start in 2023, as consumers went on a spending spree after three years of strict pandemic restrictions ended. Gross domestic product grew by 4.5% in the first quarter from a year ago, according to the National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday. That beat the […]

Lazy and fraudulent: we saw the true Johnson at the Covid inquiry – and why his like must never have power again | Martin Kettle

François Mitterrand once said that the most essential single attribute for success in politics is indifference. France’s former socialist president possessed that quality to his core. His views could turn on a centime, from right to left to centre and back again, as the political situation and his own power required. Indifference, skilfully translated into […]