Stephen Bush

Monday, 12 January, 2026

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Friday, 9 January, 2026

Still, the Conservative Party could recover some support by leveraging its pro-business instincts and intellectual offer

Thursday, 8 January, 2026

Inside Politics

Kemi Badenoch’s illusory comeback

Decent performances at PMQs will help her survive as leader, but she has failed to increase Tories’ appeal where it matters

Wednesday, 7 January, 2026

Inside Politics

Starmer should level with voters about foreign policy priorities

Some in government would rather the PM focus on domestic challenges

Tuesday, 6 January, 2026

Inside Politics

The short-term politics of Labour’s war on inflation

Offering households some relief from price pressures has trade-offs for investment

Tuesday, 6 January, 2026

UK politics

Threatening to strip someone of their citizenship is no joke

That this Labour government seems to find Alaa Abdel Fattah’s predicament a laughing matter is unconscionable

Monday, 5 January, 2026

Inside Politics

Moment of truth for Britain’s Trump diplomacy

Keir Starmer hopes for closeness over confrontation with US in the hope it won’t hand Russia a victory in Ukraine

Wednesday, 31 December, 2025

Inside Politics

Labour and Tories are wrecking an election rule of thumb

Time may be up for the assumption in UK politics that incumbent governments get re-elected

Tuesday, 30 December, 2025

Film

Creativity thrives with constraints

Even the most successful of directors benefit from strong editors and margin-cutting suits

Tuesday, 30 December, 2025

Inside Politics

Why I misread Labour on immigration

Government’s measures were far tougher than the Conservatives’, plus my top films of 2025

Monday, 29 December, 2025

Inside Politics

Winter fuel was Labour’s defining mistake

Damaging climbdown on cutting benefit taught me pensioner spending can be changed, but only with great care

Friday, 26 December, 2025

Swamp Notes podcast51 min listen

Political Fix: Quizmas special

George Parker puts the FT panel to the test

Monday, 22 December, 2025

Social affairs

Social media is taking us back to the Salem witch trials

It is none of our business if strangers choose to display their private affairs at a Coldplay concert

Monday, 22 December, 2025

Global migration

Year in a Word: Remigration

The idea that ethnic diversity is a threat has begun to seep into the mainstream

Saturday, 20 December, 2025

ReviewMusic

FT writers on their most thrilling musical discoveries of 2025

Beethoven through new eyes, a jazz saxophonist with a rock bent, restless Rosalía and more

Friday, 19 December, 2025

Political Fix podcast50 min listen

Quizmas special: Political Fix’s 2025 nerd-out!

George Parker puts our panel to the test

Friday, 19 December, 2025

Inside Politics

Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski have both had good years thanks to disastrous strategy from the two main parties

Thursday, 18 December, 2025

Inside Politics

Expect more militant industrial relations under new Unison leader

Leftwing victor Andrea Egan will change how the union deals with the prime minister and health secretary

Wednesday, 17 December, 2025

Inside Politics

Interest rates explain UK’s high turnover of prime ministers

End of era of loose monetary policy exposed how poor Britain had become after the financial crisis

Tuesday, 16 December, 2025

Inside Politics

Starmer premiership will not survive this parliament

Lack of a standout replacement and difficulty removing Labour PMs mean he might remain in post for another year

Monday, 15 December, 2025

Antisemitism

Bondi attacks show old hatreds are flourishing again

A permissive environment has been created in which Israel is conflated with all Jews, everywhere

Monday, 15 December, 2025

Inside Politics

A lack of foreign policy expertise in government means we’re unlikely to see increased military spending any time soon

Friday, 12 December, 2025

Inside Politics

Without immigration, more specialist and new free schools will close

Declining birth rates mean policymakers must make choices on which pupil places to cut

Friday, 12 December, 2025

Political Fix podcast38 min listen

Political Fix Live: Labour's year in review

Brexit, the British economy and where Labour stands politically

Thursday, 11 December, 2025

Inside Politics

2024 election was a failure for Conservatives and Labour

Vote shattered Tories’ standing, while Labour failed to convince public on taxes and win support of key voter bloc