Jimmy Carter's malaise-ridden political fate is a warning to Keir Starmer's government

More than 45 years after his term ended, Jimmy Carter is most remembered as a political failure who sermonised to the American public about “malaise”. Nick Anstead draws parallels between Carter’s troubles, including the structural economic challenges he faced, and many current UK politicians, especially in the Labour Party. In highlighting the UK public’s disillusionment with politics and government as Carter did, UK politicians may be inviting the same political fate.