Robert Shrimsley | Financial Times

Friday, 26 February, 2021

The tiresome trend of vaccine one-upmanship

People who would once have bitten your arm off for a dose of Sputnik are now discussing the merits of various jabs with all the expertise of an oenophile

Wednesday, 24 February, 2021

Technology sector

Politicians are using yesterday’s tools for today’s tech challenges

Regulation must address the way digital groups are reshaping our society

Wednesday, 17 February, 2021

Brexit

The equivalence tussle is giving UK a lesson in Brexit power politics

Brussels is fighting to make the EU more competitive in financial services

Tuesday, 16 February, 2021

FT MagazineLife & Arts

Boomers, now is not the time to get stuck in a groove

If you don’t mind lockdown, you’ll love the safe, predictable sound of Boom Radio

Friday, 12 February, 2021

FT MagazineLife & Arts

Never meet your heroes

When screen idols turn out not to be as billed, we feel tricked — as if Vin Diesel had joined the Greens

Wednesday, 10 February, 2021

Keir Starmer

Labour’s Starmer has no quick fix; Johnson stole his story

The UK opposition leader is struggling to articulate a compellingly different vision from the Tories’

Friday, 5 February, 2021

FT MagazineLife & Arts

How Swampy made eco-protesting into a family business

The green warrior has taught his son GCSE tunnelling to protest HS2

Thursday, 4 February, 2021

ReviewNon-Fiction

An unheard hatred: how anti-Semitism is dangerously ignored

Persecution of Jewish people persists — and has worsened — yet it fails to provoke outcry from progressives

Wednesday, 3 February, 2021

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson’s vaccine win gives him a second chance. Can he take it?

UK prime minister could emerge stronger from the pandemic despite early missteps

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Friday, 29 January, 2021

FT MagazineLife & Arts

Wanted: the corporate world’s next Big Baddie

After Big Pharma stepped up in the pandemic, who’s the next villain? Big Meat? Big Box Set?

Wednesday, 27 January, 2021

Scottish independence

There is no cunning wheeze to stop Scottish independence

Unionists must force an honest and realistic debate and win the argument

Wednesday, 20 January, 2021

Northern Ireland

Democratic Unionists are now Irish reunification’s secret weapon

Strategic misjudgments are weakening not preserving Northern Ireland’s place in the UK

Wednesday, 20 January, 2021

FT MagazineDonald Trump

Trump lost the election, but he's still won in his way

‘It is clear he remains box office and that he understands the rules of entertainment better than any politician around’

Friday, 15 January, 2021

FT MagazineCoronavirus pandemic

Vaccinated veterans, it’s time to reclaim the cities!

There is no longer any excuse for the new Covid-secure senior citizens not to do their bit

Wednesday, 13 January, 2021

Populism

America’s warning for British democracy

A cavalier approach to truth and a readiness to break political norms have fomented a similar rot

Thursday, 7 January, 2021

FT MagazineLife & Arts

Who are your politicians? Better not to know

‘It is not a good sign that a higher than average number of people can name the health secretary’

Wednesday, 6 January, 2021

Coronavirus pandemic

Rightwing sceptics helped deepen the UK’s Covid crisis

Contrarian Conservatives preyed on Boris Johnson’s insecurities and slowed government response

Tuesday, 5 January, 2021

ReviewNon-Fiction

Making Britain great again

A prospectus for the UK’s post-Brexit ‘reboot’ proves quite German in detail

Thursday, 24 December, 2020

Instant InsightBrexit

The Brexit deal is just the end of the beginning

Shorn of the economic advantages of EU membership, the UK is going to need a more agile and effective leadership

Friday, 18 December, 2020

FT MagazineSport

Loving bad football is a hard habit to kick

Why I’ve missed spending good money to sit in the rain and see my team lose

Wednesday, 16 December, 2020

Brexit

If self-interest is the measure, Boris Johnson will do a Brexit deal

The UK prime minister puts himself top of his creditors, but forgets his debt to voters

Friday, 11 December, 2020

FT MagazineLife & Arts

A spell in self-isolation: the Downton Abbey experience

After a week spent playing footman to a teenager, the novelty has worn off

Wednesday, 9 December, 2020

Brexit

Remainers must not gloat over Brexit’s failures

The electorate will not reward those who appear to wish for disaster

Wednesday, 2 December, 2020

Conservative Party UK

Betrayalism is dragging down Boris Johnson

The attitude sets leaders up to fail while preserving the purity of those untainted by political compromises

Friday, 27 November, 2020

FT MagazineCoronavirus economic impact

Someone forgot to tell Covid it’s Christmas

‘Are we really to believe Covid-19 is unaware of the festive season? Has it not seen the John Lewis ads?’

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