May 10, 2012
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May 10, 2012
May 7, 2012
A tip for Cameron: listen to Mario Monti
Differences between the UK and French leaders are as much about tone as substance
May 3, 2012
Stop fretting about a French revolution
The really ‘dangerous’ notion in Europe is that things can go on as they are
Apr 30, 2012
Cameron can save his premiership – by fixing Heathrow
At times like this the best a prime minister can do is take the side of the voters against the government
- A tip for Cameron listen to Mario Monti
- Editorial Hunt and the ministerial code
Apr 26, 2012
The great middle class power grab
Even the most conservative assumptions point to an irrevocable redistribution of economic power
Apr 23, 2012
What do you want to do with all that power, Mr Cameron?
Unflattering assessments of the PM are seeping into public consciousness
Apr 19, 2012
A transatlantic tale of paralysis
Politicians in Europe and the US prefer to be prisoners of circumstance
Apr 16, 2012
Philanthropy is no alternative to paying tax
Mr Osborne’s charity proposal is reasonable – possibly over-generous
Mar 29, 2012
France votes to shut out the world
This campaign has no glimmer of recognition of the shifting geopolitical balance
- Philippe Manière France is the source of its own problems
- Person in the news Security Sarko cements his credentials
Mar 26, 2012
Baby boomers are the wrong target
To listen to the debate about equity between generations is to be swept up in distortions
Mar 22, 2012
Obama gets the conservative vote
The Republicans are trailing in places where they have traditionally had a strong edge – both home and abroad
Mar 21, 2012
A roll of the dice on the top rate of tax
The measures were all about coalition dynamics
Mar 19, 2012
Business, beware, the rules of the game have changed
Custom and practice is no longer sufficient defence
Mar 15, 2012
New friends race to end an old war
If the war was ever winnable, it was lost when the US decided to invade Iraq
Mar 12, 2012
Irrelevant tax debate shows the sorry state of the coalition
The Tory right thinks the PM lacks backbone. Clegg’s troops worry he has sold out to Cameron
Mar 8, 2012
Don’t play politics with the bomb
A military strike on Iran now would be positively perverse. Diplomacy and sanctions are beginning to bite
Mar 5, 2012
Forget Boris v Ken – mayors can matter
The election of powerful figures across Britain would help re-energise municipal democracy
Feb 27, 2012
Nothing wrong with a job in a supermarket
A voluntary spell in the workplace should be uncontroversial
About Philip
Philip Stephens is a commentator and author. He is associate editor of the Financial Times where as chief political commentator he writes twice-weekly columns on global and British affairs.
He joined the Financial Times in 1983 after working as a correspondent for Reuters in Brussels and has been the FT’s Economics Editor, Political Editor and Editor of the UK edition. He was educated at Wimbledon College and at Oxford university.
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How to shame those overpaid executives
Shareholders and politicians must shine a brighter light on offending companies