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Robert Shrimsley

UK chief political commentator and executive editor

Robert Shrimsley is UK chief political commentator and executive editor 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.
Email Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley  on Twitter (link opens in a new browser window)
  • Friday, 18 April, 2025
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Ask Shrimsley: Can I follow Katy Perry into space?

    You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to work out how to get selected for Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin

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    Illustration of a man with glasses holding a to-go coffee cup, set against a bold red background
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    Political Fix podcast36 min listen
    What is a ‘woman’ in law? The Supreme Court ruling

    Plus, what British Steel means for UK-China relations

  • Friday, 11 April, 2025
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Ask Shrimsley: How can I learn from Trump’s trade war?

    Neighbours have been taking advantage of my generous nature for far too long: it’s time for tariffs

  • Thursday, 10 April, 2025
    Brexit
    So much for the Trump Brexit dividend

    The US president’s tariffs on UK cars and other exports reveal the hollow promise of global Britain

    Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of a hand extending from a UK flag to shake an equivalent US-flag hand.
  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    Political Fix podcast38 min listen
    Trump’s trade war: trouble ahead for Britain

    Plus: UK growth tactics under the microscope

  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Ask Shrimsley: how do I cope with an empty nest?

    Try not to stare mournfully at your newly vacated rooms. Instead celebrate the emancipation of several cubic feet of storage space

  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Populism
    The rule of law is democracy’s last defence — that’s why populists attack it

    It’s no accident that from France to Wisconsin, the radical right seek to undermine faith in the judiciary

    Illustration of scales of justice being dismantled by small people
  • Friday, 14 March, 2025
    Political Fix podcast47 min listen
    Starmer’s ‘Project Chainsaw’: the NHS, Whitehall, welfare

    Plus: is Reform UK imploding?

  • Friday, 14 March, 2025
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Ask Shrimsley: How do I get Trump out of my head?

    Do you now find yourself thinking, ‘Germany must re-arm’? Help is at hand

  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    Populism
    Trump backlash offers Starmer a mainstream moment

    Prospect of reaching peak populism is an opportunity

    Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of Trump as the Sun obscuring an angry Farage Moon
  • Friday, 7 March, 2025
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Ask Shrimsley: Am I English?

    Up until recently, this question didn’t exercise me

  • Friday, 7 March, 2025
    Political Fix podcast35 min listen
    Will Starmer sink or swim in Trump’s world?

    Defending Kyiv's position while not offending Trump is a tricky balancing act

  • Thursday, 6 March, 2025
    US-UK relations
    British politics has yet to catch up with Trump’s new order

    In a world without US security guarantees, all other priorities must give way to defence

    Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of Starmer as Lord Kitchener in the classic war poster.
  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Ask Shrimsley: Am I still protecting the NHS?

    The doctor won’t see you now  

  • Thursday, 27 February, 2025
    Keir Starmer
    Can Starmer rise to meet his Bismarck moment?

    Labour will use the geopolitical crisis to defy its own members about the new priorities for a rearming economy

    Illustration of Keir Starmer riding on the coat tails of a huge ghostly figure
  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    Political Fix podcast44 min listen
    ‘America is now an adversary’

    Plus, inside the UK's 'right-wing Davos'

  • Friday, 21 February, 2025
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Ask Shrimsley: do I have to ditch my Tesla now?

    My advice to members of the eco-conscious metropolitan elite facing a tough call

  • Thursday, 20 February, 2025
    UK politics
    The Maga-fied right is missing Britain’s real crisis

    It’s not a terminal moral malaise that’s blighting the country, it’s an economic one

    Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of the Bank of England as a deflating balloon
  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    Political Fix podcast36 min listen
    The right to die: who should have the final say?

    Will the assisted dying bill stall? Plus, Europe reels from Trump's Ukraine intervention

  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Ask Shrimsley: Help, I’m trapped by Martin Lewis!

    Some are in danger of taking money-saving advice too far

  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
    UK politics
    Britain will not thrive in a might is right world

    Attacks on attorney-general Lord Hermer illuminate a wider battle about how to defend UK interests

    Nigel Farage, in judge’s robes, holds a gavel over a miniature man while turning the thumb of the other hand towards the ground
  • Friday, 7 February, 2025
    Political Fix podcast43 min listen
    Trump and Reform: Is US-style populism set to sweep the UK?

    Labour risks ‘status quo’ tag when voters are demanding change

  • Friday, 7 February, 2025
    FT MagazineLife & Arts
    Ask Shrimsley: why worry about inheritance tax if I’m dead?

    Attitudes to this subject are still a political dividing line

    A cartoon-style illustration of a man wearing glasses and a suit, hunched over while looking at his smartphone
  • Friday, 7 February, 2025
    ReviewPolitical books
    Get In — Starmer takes a supporting role in the Morgan McSweeney story

    The prime minister’s chief of staff is the star of Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund’s revealing account of Labour’s return to power

  • Thursday, 6 February, 2025
    Labour party UK
    Labour cannot afford to look like the status quo party

    Keir Starmer’s style is too decorous to be seen as insurgent but that’s what the political moment calls for

    Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of Keir Starmer trying to prop up walls closing in on the word change
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