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...And Robert, I thought it was a pretty bold shake-up from Starmer. He brought back people like Hilary Benn, probably a bit overdue....
...); the latter told me this week, during a debate with Benn Steil, economist at the Council on Foreign Relations, that “there are numerous precedents” for this....
...So you know who to blame for the below: robert.armstrong@ft.com....
...Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com. QE, bank lending and inflation Did quantitative easing contribute to inflation, and how much?...
...The popular voice largely disappears, to be replaced by that of grand men such as Robert Hooke and John Locke, with very few women in sight....
...Email us your theories: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...And, finally, three unmissable Brexit stories Robert Shrimsley returns to the war in Ukraine in his column this week by looking at what it means for Boris Johnson’s leadership of the Conservative party....
...However, Robert Keen, director-general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), the industry group that is the main provider of customs training in the UK, said the country was falling “many...
...I asked volatility maven Benn Eifert, the chief investment officer of QVR Advisors, if the options market explained the sagging stock prices. He texted this: [It’s] just the usual....
...The fact that some are still there almost 25 years later is a particular tribute to one man: Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, seventh Marquess of Salisbury....
...Follow Robert on Twitter @robertshrimsley or email him at robert.shrimsley@ft.com Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...Former Labour minister Hilary Benn asked whether Downing Street had received complaints from officials about Ms Patel’s behaviour when she was international development secretary between 2016 and 2017 and...
...The legislation blocking a no-deal Brexit, the so-called Benn and Cooper-Letwin Acts, were works of immense skill and cross-party co-operation....
...The prime minister and his advisers and officials were intentionally sending “contradictory messages” in what appeared to be an effort to “sabotage” the Benn Act, Mr O’Neill said....
...I am afraid that Robert Shrimsley over- polarises the available political options for the UK in “There is no third way — it’s Brexit or Corbyn” (October 8)....
...Robert Chote, OBR chair, has said the watchdog would do its best to publish a finalised forecast without the normal time, but would not be able to take different Brexit scenarios into account....
...The historian Robert Saunders reminds us that in the 1975 European referendum campaign, Roy Jenkins and Tony Benn engaged in a 50-minute two-way debate on Britain’s membership with no studio audience, no...
...“If there’s to be no deal, then we watch to see whether the PM requests an extension, or fights the Benn bill.”...
...Don't believe that he's going to defy the Queen to sack him, or defy the Benn Act....
...(Robert Shrimsley, FT) Here’s why Boris Johnson’s plans have every chance of falling apart (Tom Kibasi, The Guardian) Johnson the negotiator has been more robust than May — but less intransigent (Andrew...
...But most lawyers think the Benn Act is watertight and don’t take this threat seriously. Instead, the main thrust of last night’s texts to The Spectator was about the election....
...Robert Halfon, a prominent “Blue Collar Conservative” MP, says he relishes the challenge from the “very impressive” Starmer....
...robert.shrimsley@ft.com...
...Yet Robert A Caro’s latest book, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing (Knopf/The Bodley Head) is a delicious quick read....
...Another group of invitees are Labour backbenchers Yvette Cooper, Hilary Benn and Rachel Reeves along with Tory Europhiles Nicky Morgan and Ken Clarke....
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