Robert Shrimsley

Friday, 30 May, 2025

Ask ShrimsleyBoris Johnson

Is it time to reappraise Boris Johnson, father of the nation?

In his seventh decade, the former PM has gone from bringer of Brexit to father of nine

Thursday, 29 May, 2025

UK politics

Nigel Farage and the perils of peaking too soon

With just five MPs, Reform UK is terrorising Westminster but holding a poll lead for four years isn’t easy

Friday, 23 May, 2025

Ask ShrimsleyLife & Arts

Should Rachel Reeves manage my money?

The chancellor’s got designs on our pension pots and she won’t stop there

Thursday, 22 May, 2025

UK politics

Keir Starmer’s unreliable boyfriend problem

By opting for stealth radicalism and couching change in the rhetoric of the repairman, he sows confusion about his beliefs

Friday, 16 May, 2025

Political Fix podcast37 min listen

Labour's immigration crackdown

Plus: latest prisons shake-up

Friday, 16 May, 2025

Ask ShrimsleyLife & Arts

Should I take the red pill or the blue pill?

It’s a metaphor that is increasingly popular — but what does it all mean?

Thursday, 15 May, 2025

UK politics

Democracy’s downward spiral leaves Starmer no leeway on immigration

Broken promises played midwife to Brexit and are capable of powering Reform — or a Conservative facsimile — into office

Friday, 9 May, 2025

Political Fix podcast44 min listen

Ask Political Fix: Trade, tax and leftwing pacts

Your questions answered

Friday, 9 May, 2025

FT MagazineLife & Arts

Ask Shrimsley: Do I tell my friends I voted Reform?

I’ve been to numerous events recently where someone is bursting to tell everyone how they voted

Thursday, 8 May, 2025

UK politics

The foreign landscape of British politics

There may no longer be space for two major parties of the traditional middle after Reform’s disruption

Friday, 2 May, 2025

Political Fix podcast35 min listen

Local elections special: end of the two-party duopoly?

Plus: Kemi Badenoch’s rocky road ahead

Friday, 2 May, 2025

Instant InsightConservative party UK

The Conservative party is losing a fight to the death

Britain does not have a populist problem. It has an unpopularist problem

Friday, 2 May, 2025

FT MagazineLife & Arts

Ask Shrimsley: Would I be better off speaking to a chatbot?

Sorry, I didn’t get that. Do you have another question?

Thursday, 1 May, 2025

UK politics

Reform surge shows Britain will keep voting for change until it sees it

Nigel Farage’s party is bolstered by disillusionment in the country rather than its policies

Thursday, 24 April, 2025

UK politics

The right must fight before it can unite

An alliance between Reform UK and the Tories may be the final outcome but they must try to smash each other first

Thursday, 24 April, 2025

Life & Arts

Ask Shrimsley: Should I have Elon Musk’s baby?

This is a serious opportunity, saving western civilisation from a falling birth rate

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

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

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

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