Janan Ganesh - Financial Times

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The BBC faces a smaller, cheaper future

In an age of bespoke media, a flat-rate annual fee for one broadcaster will seem odder and odder

Nov 5, 2012

Britain and Germany are growing apart

Berlin is losing patience with what it views as London’s intransigence on Europe

Cameron faces EU budget bind
Gideon Rachman Berlin – Europe’s new capital

Oct 31, 2012

Nimbys up in arms over benefits

Most spending cuts rile the left; this one provokes utter incandescence among parts of the right

Oct 29, 2012

Another good idea let down by neglect

Reform of the police service is falling victim to an all too familiar sloppiness

Oct 22, 2012

Cameron needs to rediscover his instincts

The government’s mishaps result from its meagre interest in pure politics

Oct 19, 2012

EU hands Cameron a losing proposition

Refuse a referendum and the clamour will swallow him, hold one and his party will unravel

Philip Stephens Europe loses patience with UK
Mandelson to warn on backing EU referendum

Oct 15, 2012

The head will decide Scotland’s future

Pragmatic arguments will be the decisive factor in the referendum

Oct 8, 2012

Cameron must shape his European policy

The UK prime minister not bend to eurosceptics

Hague attacks UN for failure on Syria
Conference notebook the enemy within

©Jonathan McHugh Oct 5, 2012

Osborne endures in hope of vindication

The chancellor is biding his time as an election approaches

Oct 1, 2012

Miliband needs to give Labour a shock

Nothing threatens the party more than the perception that it cannot take tough decisions

Colour-shift from blue Ed to red Dave
Editorial Miliband steals Disraeli’s clothes

Sep 24, 2012

Tax on wealth is true to Tory principles

The last Budget was going to include the move and it shouldn’t be ruled out

Sep 17, 2012

Austerity will give Tories an electoral edge

Conservative spending cuts are decreasing the opposition’s client base

Sep 10, 2012

Tories may regret their disdain of Romney

It is folly to have such poor relations with a party that could soon hold the world’s mightiest office

Sep 8, 2012

Cameron fells green politics and returns to Tory roots

An era that started with a determination to concentrate on the nicer aspects of life now finds itself struggling with harsh realities

Sep 5, 2012

A reshuffle that means business

Cameron is discovering that grand visions are all very well but administrative nous is what counts

Sep 4, 2012

Cameron moves to secure his right flank

Shake-up shows PM has an eye on the 2015 election

Sep 3, 2012

Time for Britain to rediscover the art of coalition

To save himself, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg should put office before party

Aug 27, 2012

Osborne should fear angry Tory outriders

Those on the right of the party do not reward concessions; they pocket them and ask for more

Aug 20, 2012

Miliband ought to be having sleepless nights

Perhaps the most damaging perception in all the polls is that Labour cannot take tough decisions

Aug 13, 2012

London’s East End shows limits of the state

Just as the UK is learning to invest in itself, it is losing its strengths of openness and flexibility

ABOUT JANAN

Janan Ganesh is political columnist for the FT. He was previously political correspondent for The Economist for five years, and a researcher at the Policy Exchange think tank for two.

He appears regularly on TV and radio, including a weekly slot on BBC1's Sunday Politics. He is also the author of a biography of George Osborne, the UK chancellor.

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