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Philip Stephens

Financial Times

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Populists of the left and right unite behind the politics of easy answers

Ireland’s president-elect Catherine Connolly caught the anti-establishment tide

02.11.2025 50

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Labour needs economic growth before it can build fiscal trust

The fate of Starmer’s government rests on the economy — but an obsessive pursuit of financial prudence could undermine it

27.09.2025 10

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The UK immigration debate has become a hall of mirrors

Keir Starmer’s task is to deal with facts, not illusions, and restore public trust

20.08.2025 5

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Principles must not be the victim of Starmer’s embrace of realpolitik

The government is right to push up defence spending, but hard power isn’t everything

28.06.2025 6

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Placate or retaliate? Starmer and Carney are both right on Trump

The long goodbye to the US-led world order means leaders must tread carefully

18.04.2025 20

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Britain is struggling to accept the end of Atlanticism

The ‘special relationship’ has underpinned the UK’s security since the Suez Canal debacle — but the world has changed

21.02.2025 20

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There is a way out of the doom loop for Labour

But Keir Starmer needs his government to show an organising purpose that has been absent so far

20.12.2024 10

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Britain’s national security demands more than a defence review

As the international order cracks, the nation’s capabilities must adjust to a new world

22.11.2024 6

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Europe shouldn’t count on a Harris White House

Whatever the outcome in November, governments will have to take more responsibility for their own security

05.08.2024 2

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