Robert Shrimsley

Tuesday, 8 July, 2025

Friday, 4 July, 2025

Political Fix podcast37 min listen

A year of Keir

Labour's cheers, tears, and welfare fears

Friday, 4 July, 2025

Ask ShrimsleyLife & Arts

Should I donate money to my old school?

Mixed feelings about my alma mater

Wednesday, 2 July, 2025

UK politics

Crying for a lost Labour government

If the double act is no longer working, the core problem may not be Reeves

Friday, 27 June, 2025

Ask ShrimsleyLife & Arts

Actually, who are you gonna call?

‘Ghostbusters’ references aside, getting hold of the right person to help fix an issue these days is no joke

Friday, 27 June, 2025

FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen

Labour MPs rebel against UK welfare reform

Labour MPs revolt against Keir Starmer over proposed cuts

Thursday, 26 June, 2025

UK welfare reform

A defeat Keir Starmer cannot afford

Retreat on welfare cuts is a blow to the UK prime minister’s authority

Friday, 20 June, 2025

Political Fix podcast27 min listen

Starmer on standby

What does the Israel-Iran war mean for Britain?

Friday, 20 June, 2025

Ask ShrimsleyLife & Arts

Can I make flying more enjoyable?

First class or business? And other dilemmas

Thursday, 19 June, 2025

UK immigration

White British — the two words toxifying politics

Serious social issues, perceived and real, will not be fixed by supercharging racial grievance

Friday, 13 June, 2025

Ask ShrimsleyLife & Arts

Should I be more of a team player?

It’s the right thing to do but that doesn’t mean you should

Wednesday, 11 June, 2025

UK spending review

Labour has made its big play. Are you not convinced?

We may look back ruefully on this government as one which did essential things but was unable to bank the political credit

Friday, 6 June, 2025

Political Fix podcast29 min listen

Facing down a fiscal firestorm

A look ahead to the spending review

Friday, 6 June, 2025

Ask ShrimsleyLife & Arts

Should we try separate bedrooms?

Long a habit of the very wealthy, perhaps they could work for you

Thursday, 5 June, 2025

UK spending review

Reeves can no longer outrun Labour’s early choices

This government inherited a mess but it also hobbled itself with tax pledges and a plan dependent on higher growth

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