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    Robert Shrimsley

    UK chief political commentator and UK editor at large

    Robert Shrimsley is UK chief political commentator and UK editor at large of the Financial Times. He writes a weekly column on British politics and for the FT weekend magazine. Before this, he served as the FT’s chief political correspondent, news editor, managing editor of FT.com and editorial director.

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    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      FT MagazineUK politics & policy
      Who can save us from Liz Truss and the political pamphleteers?

      The problem with ‘Britannia Unchained’ isn’t the ideas but the fact that its authors still believe them

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      UK financial crisis
      Brexit ideology lies behind the UK’s market rout

      Kwarteng’s statement last week was just one manifestation of the elevation of absolutism over economics

    • Friday, 23 September, 2022
      Instant InsightTax
      Brexiters rejoice! Truss is betting everything on your ideas

      The new government’s programme is a shocking dismissal of Conservative belief in sound public finances

    • Wednesday, 21 September, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      ‘Trussonomics’ may be shaky but the politics could still work

      The government’s energy support package provides cover for the tax cuts, an appealing mix of freedom with security

    • Monday, 19 September, 2022
      Instant InsightUK politics & policy
      Mourning the Queen, Britain has shown it still has a yearning for unity

      As politics returns with a bang, leaders should reflect on the rewards for those who seem to offer hope

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      The difficult decision not to cancel this column

      The royal family seems to have judged the public’s sorrow well. Others, not so much

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      King Charles III
      If a threat to monarchy comes, it will be from the right, not the left

      Even mildly political hints from the new King could encourage populists to turn on the institution

    • Monday, 12 September, 2022
      News in-depthKing Charles III
      How will King Charles influence politics in the UK?

      The true scope of the sovereign’s sway and involvement is a subject of deliberate opacity

    • Friday, 9 September, 2022
      FT MagazineUK politics & policy
      In a disposable world, prime ministers are like iPhones

      The UK is on its fourth premier in six years — will it finally get an upgrade?

    • Thursday, 8 September, 2022
      ReviewBiography and memoir
      The Chief — an appraisal of British press baron Lord Northcliffe

      Andrew Roberts draws on special archive access to deliver a biography of a towering media pioneer

    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
      Liz Truss
      Why Liz Truss will not be unchaining Britannia

      Political realities are about to intrude on the new prime minister’s low-tax, small-state ambitions

    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Instant InsightLiz Truss
      Truss will have to be great just to be good

      But there are political opportunities if she can get her response to the energy crisis right

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      The agonising annual hell of the office awayday

      For thousands of unfortunates, September coincides with the dreaded autumn strategy session

    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      Truss and Tories fall prey to disastrous betrayal myths

      Rearguard actions against Johnson’s ousting and Covid lockdowns conjure dangerous conspiracy theories

    • Friday, 26 August, 2022
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      Why so many similar people are drawn to Hampstead-on-Sea

      Nostalgia, with all the comforts of home, unites well-heeled Londoners heading for the coast

    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      Please, spare a thought for holidaying journalists

      Modest travel delays bring abject misery for news hounds in search of a story

    • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      Successful leaders don’t worry about party unity

      A victorious Truss should not pander to internal opponents: parties are united only by clear leadership and UK electoral momentum

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      FT MagazineLife & Arts
      The family holiday just got political

      Our young adults are getting ideas about democratic rights, if not fiscal responsibility

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      Tory terror spurs new war with the state

      The Truss camp harks back to Thatcher, but recent Conservative leaders abandoned the case for small government

    • Friday, 5 August, 2022
      FT MagazineConservative Party UK
      The Tory leadership race keeps on giving

      The contest has become increasingly about dangling carrots for party members. If only I’d had the foresight to sign up

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      Liz Truss
      Truss attacks on the Treasury highlight Tories’ deeper failure

      That her rival Sunak is a former chancellor hands her a weapon — but this has long been a theme of Conservative politics

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Conservative Party UK
      Truss is the right choice for this Conservative party

      The foreign secretary is the continuity candidate, promising more of Johnson’s ‘cakeism’ and avoiding economic trade-offs

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      FT MagazineBoris Johnson
      Boris Johnson’s parting gift to conversation

      From ‘work event’ to ‘suitcased’: a glossary of world-beating euphemisms from the heart of Downing Street

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      UK politics & policy
      Johnson goes, but what comes next?

      Like everything about this premiership, the outgoing prime minister’s removal and replacement will not be straightforward

    • Wednesday, 6 July, 2022
      Boris Johnson
      The Johnson era is at an end as Tories rush for the exit

      In the end, the prime minister’s government resembled a Ponzi scheme running out of investors

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