Robert Shrimsley
@robertshrimsley.bsky.social
Chief political commentator and executive
editor, Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/robert-shrimsley
https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/robert-shrimsley/
editor, Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/robert-shrimsley
https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/robert-shrimsley/
Well you can't say he hasn't done his time.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Well you can't say he hasn't done his time.
Labour needs to stop fooling itself and lean in to the political logic of its choices. It is a high taxing, high spending government. www.ft.com/content/00a5...
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Labour needs to stop fooling itself and lean in to the political logic of its choices. It is a high taxing, high spending government. www.ft.com/content/00a5...
Hmm, I wonder if there is some kind of lesson/ message in this.
September 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Hmm, I wonder if there is some kind of lesson/ message in this.
September 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This made me laugh
August 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This made me laugh
This made me laugh
August 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This made me laugh
On the internet and the Coldplay couple
www.ft.com/content/88f2...
www.ft.com/content/88f2...
July 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
On the internet and the Coldplay couple
www.ft.com/content/88f2...
www.ft.com/content/88f2...
The central issue for parties now is fairness. For Labour that means cost of living, good public services, social justice. But Farage has defined it on crime, immigration, welfare bills and voters being played for mugs. And right now he is winning that fight
www.ft.com/content/e153...
www.ft.com/content/e153...
July 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
The central issue for parties now is fairness. For Labour that means cost of living, good public services, social justice. But Farage has defined it on crime, immigration, welfare bills and voters being played for mugs. And right now he is winning that fight
www.ft.com/content/e153...
www.ft.com/content/e153...
Another tough night not at Glastonbury
June 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Another tough night not at Glastonbury
Not at Glastonbury vibes
June 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Not at Glastonbury vibes
Very struck by this passage in excellent @tombaldwin66.bsky.social read on Starmer one year in.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
June 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Very struck by this passage in excellent @tombaldwin66.bsky.social read on Starmer one year in.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Why are Tories suddenly using the term "white british" in debates on immgration and citizenship?
www.ft.com/content/aceb...
www.ft.com/content/aceb...
June 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Why are Tories suddenly using the term "white british" in debates on immgration and citizenship?
www.ft.com/content/aceb...
www.ft.com/content/aceb...
Everything you need to know about the British voting public
June 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Everything you need to know about the British voting public
20 seconds of zen
June 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
20 seconds of zen
"Four years is long long time to have to hold a lead."
Farage and the perils of peaking early
www.ft.com/content/ec9e...
Farage and the perils of peaking early
www.ft.com/content/ec9e...
May 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Four years is long long time to have to hold a lead."
Farage and the perils of peaking early
www.ft.com/content/ec9e...
Farage and the perils of peaking early
www.ft.com/content/ec9e...
Farage and the perils of being an early front-runner. Reform's success is impressive and remarkable but might it be peaking too early?
www.ft.com/content/ec9e...
www.ft.com/content/ec9e...
May 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Farage and the perils of being an early front-runner. Reform's success is impressive and remarkable but might it be peaking too early?
www.ft.com/content/ec9e...
www.ft.com/content/ec9e...
This from Ed Balls is spot-on and if Reeves has any sense is where she will end up. If you are going to retreat you do it with a below not a whimper
May 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This from Ed Balls is spot-on and if Reeves has any sense is where she will end up. If you are going to retreat you do it with a below not a whimper
Entirely predictable reaction from Britain's maga media. But makes you think, if they were going to react like this anyway what was the cost to Starmer of going bigger.
May 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Entirely predictable reaction from Britain's maga media. But makes you think, if they were going to react like this anyway what was the cost to Starmer of going bigger.
Tories: taking debate to the next level
May 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Tories: taking debate to the next level
This is Labour's core problem here. The right will never allow Starmer a win on immigration because the issue is central to their appeal and therey' daren't lose it. So whatever he does will never be enough.
May 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This is Labour's core problem here. The right will never allow Starmer a win on immigration because the issue is central to their appeal and therey' daren't lose it. So whatever he does will never be enough.
This week's problem: Dare I tell my friends I voted Reform?
Your social dilemmas fearlessly tackled by a journalist, www.ft.com/content/3a88...
Your social dilemmas fearlessly tackled by a journalist, www.ft.com/content/3a88...
May 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
This week's problem: Dare I tell my friends I voted Reform?
Your social dilemmas fearlessly tackled by a journalist, www.ft.com/content/3a88...
Your social dilemmas fearlessly tackled by a journalist, www.ft.com/content/3a88...
The shifting and increasingly foreign landscape of British politics. www.ft.com/content/1eeb...
May 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The shifting and increasingly foreign landscape of British politics. www.ft.com/content/1eeb...
If you are tempted to have Elon's baby, you better get in quickly.
Should I have Elon Musk's baby?
www.ft.com/content/c445...
Should I have Elon Musk's baby?
www.ft.com/content/c445...
April 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
If you are tempted to have Elon's baby, you better get in quickly.
Should I have Elon Musk's baby?
www.ft.com/content/c445...
Should I have Elon Musk's baby?
www.ft.com/content/c445...