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Robert Shrimsley

A satirical look at the week’s news which seems to delight in taking on the most powerful people in the land.

Robert Shrimsley is the Managing Editor of FT.com. Before this he has served as the FT’s chief political correspondent and news editor. - -

Horse: the menace that no one tackles

Equasy addicts should be encouraged to join abuse-management programmes and surrender their charger in return for a supply of hobby-horses, writes Robert Shrimsley

A Papal bear hug for the Anglicans

The Catholic Church this week went public with an audacious bid to acquire the Anglican community – and to swallow up its smaller rival, writes Robert Shrimsley

Time to reclaim that 70s feeling

As RBS toys with recreating a famous old banking brand Robert Shrimsley looks back to the seventies and wonders if this is a good thing

Notebook: By George, Osborne will make us hate him

The shadow chancellor has predicted he will become the most unpopular man in Britain. Robert Shrimsley has some pointers to help him achieve his ambition

Off the record: Westminster’s Got Talent

The much vaunted live prime ministerial debate could soon be upon us but Robert Shrimsley wonders if it might be better off the record

Obama talks the walk in the foreign policy minefield

It’s 3am in the White House and Robert Shrimsley listens in to the call Barack Obama would prefer was taken by Hillary Clinton

Place product here for biggest impact

The news that the ban on product placement on commercial television companies might be lifted has been greeted with excitement, writes Robert Shrimsley

After the remastered Beatles: the remastered Tories

It is not just the Beatles enjoying the marketing opportunity; Robert Shrimsley sees a similar trend among David Cameron’s conservatives

Social usefulness and banking bosh

Notebook:Lord Turner’s remarks that bankers may perhaps have been engaged in ‘socially useless’ economic activity have clearly stung some in the City, writes Robert Shrimsley.

Tweeters of the world unite

After Twitter comes Twittiquette. Businesses and PR companies are flooding the world with guides on the do’s and don’t’s of micro-blogging (Number 7 – Don’t Tweet and drive), writes Robert Shrimsley

Making the moon landings sexy again

Wisdom out of the mouth of babes

California in not such a golden state

Jail beckons for the Westminster gang

For thine is the Kingdom . . .

Cabinet quakes as a tsar is born

And the band played on