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May 3, 2013
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Apr 29, 2013
Growth will not decide the next election
A strong economy at the next UK election could harm the Conservatives
Apr 24, 2013
Myths surround the austerity chancellor
Half-truths and outdated certainties abound about the UK’s second most powerful person
©PA
Apr 22, 2013
Labour’s clarity may be its undoing
Miliband is not guilty of nebulousness – he is an astonishingly clear politician
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Apr 15, 2013
Conservatives should be pro-market, not pro-business
It was not the size of the state that Thatcher rolled back but its reach into the economy
©Jonathan McHugh
Apr 12, 2013
North and south are worlds apart
Britain’s politicians must be both ambitious and realistic in response
- FT Austerity Audit Cameron stands by welfare reform
- Map Where welfare bites
©J. McHugh
Apr 11, 2013
History is leaving welfare state behind
British parties that take comfort in tired attitudes will be dumped
©James Ferguson
Apr 8, 2013
The Iron Lady towers over modern Britain
Thatcher’s legacy is not order but freedom
©EPA
Apr 1, 2013
Tories ignore signs in rush for the exit
The party is forgetting the qualities that could ensure victory
Mar 25, 2013
Strange death of a more liberal Britain
The country is gripped by a feeling that it became almost sinfully slack
Mar 20, 2013
Osborne’s play for the strivers
The chancellor had to revive his party’s winning tradition as the friend of the aspirational classes
Mar 18, 2013
Press battle thaws Labour-Lib Dem frost
This could in future be seen as the dawn of a new coalition
Mar 11, 2013
Better make this Budget a boring one
Beige would respect that there is no magic bullet for growth
Mar 6, 2013
Soccer fans warm to Ruhr romantics
Borussia Dortmund is a club in stark contrast to billionaire-owned rivals in European football
Mar 4, 2013
Cameron condemned to rightward lurches
The moment to push root-and-branch modernisation has gone, writes Janan Ganesh
Feb 25, 2013
Voters expect Osborne to stay his course
The British are busy hunkering down for years of squeezed living standards
Feb 4, 2013
Cameron must stop appeasing his party
The UK leader sees same-sex marriage as a way to broaden Tory appeal
Jan 28, 2013
Rising populism is worthy of Nixonland
At a time when elites are popularly resented, a silent majority is there for the taking
Jan 25, 2013
Tory conflagration has been postponed
The referendum will settle nothing but could slice through the Tories
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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It would be folly for Cameron to ape Ukip
This is already an exceptionally conservative government