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Mon, 20 May 2013 17:42:15 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 06:17:09 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/janan-ganesh Janan Ganesh - Financial Times http://im.ft-static.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.png http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/janan-ganesh Tories misunderstand the last election http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5dde96d6-c138-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The estrangement that began with the failure of 2010 is damaging the prime minister and his party Mon, 20 May 2013 17:42:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5dde96d6-c138-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5dde96d6-c138-11e2-b93b-00144feab7de The Tories have become ungovernable http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22a421c2-bbba-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Drama is giving way to farce. Having run out of big things to ask for, the demands of eurosceptic backbenchers are now plain odd, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 13 May 2013 17:25:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22a421c2-bbba-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 22a421c2-bbba-11e2-a4b4-00144feab7de It would be folly for Cameron to ape Ukip http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5185c1d0-b318-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct This is already an exceptionally conservative government – there is little scope to move to the right without testing the limits of sound government, says Janan Ganesh Mon, 06 May 2013 18:37:43 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5185c1d0-b318-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 5185c1d0-b318-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0 Ukip’s win will make all parties nervous http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c4101a8-b3dd-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The role of Nigel Farage’s party in UK politics is still more psychological than psephological, but it drag its rivals rightward Fri, 03 May 2013 15:17:22 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c4101a8-b3dd-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2c4101a8-b3dd-11e2-b5a5-00144feabdc0 Growth will not decide the next election http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66312e88-b0b8-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct A strong economy at the next UK election could relax voters into experimenting with a Labour party they do not really trust, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:51:29 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/66312e88-b0b8-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 66312e88-b0b8-11e2-80f9-00144feabdc0 Myths surround the austerity chancellor http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8c8add3c-ab62-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Half-truths and outdated certainties abound about the UK’s second most powerful person, among admirers and enemies alike, writes Janan Ganesh Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:06:12 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8c8add3c-ab62-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8c8add3c-ab62-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0 Labour’s clarity may be its undoing http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1d4547c-ab37-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Miliband is not guilty of nebulousness – he is an astonishingly clear politician, one of the least tentative in decades, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:08:22 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1d4547c-ab37-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b1d4547c-ab37-11e2-8c63-00144feabdc0 Conservatives should be pro-market, not pro-business http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03412914-a5b8-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It was not the size of the British state that Thatcher rolled back but its tangible reach into the economy, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:28:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/03412914-a5b8-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 03412914-a5b8-11e2-9b77-00144feabdc0 North and south are worlds apart http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4301ea1a-a2a8-11e2-9b70-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Politics must have a place for realism as well as ambition. The forces at work have been structural and global, writes Janan Ganesh Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:07:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4301ea1a-a2a8-11e2-9b70-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4301ea1a-a2a8-11e2-9b70-00144feabdc0 History is leaving welfare state behind http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df218f48-9d3c-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct British parties that continue to take comfort in tired and dated attitudes will be dumped by the country’s electorate, writes Janan Ganesh Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:29:31 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/df218f48-9d3c-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct df218f48-9d3c-11e2-a8db-00144feabdc0 The Iron Lady towers over modern Britain http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2825e446-a044-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ‘Divisive’ – the charge that dogs her like no other – is the most feeble, mealy-mouthed word in politics, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:32:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2825e446-a044-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2825e446-a044-11e2-88b6-00144feabdc0 Tories ignore signs in rush for the exit http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/503c3804-96da-11e2-a77c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The party is in danger of squandering the very qualities that could ensure Labour remains in opposition at the next election, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:31:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/503c3804-96da-11e2-a77c-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 503c3804-96da-11e2-a77c-00144feabdc0 Strange death of a more liberal Britain http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c7932c4c-953f-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The country is gripped by a feeling that it became almost sinfully slack in all sorts of ways and must now tighten things up, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:55:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c7932c4c-953f-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c7932c4c-953f-11e2-a4fa-00144feabdc0 Osborne’s play for the strivers http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f1132dba-90bc-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The chancellor remains vulnerable to charges of complacency in the face of economic stagnation in the here and now, writes Janan Ganesh Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:31:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f1132dba-90bc-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f1132dba-90bc-11e2-a456-00144feabdc0 Press battle thaws Labour-Lib Dem frost http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e194a8de-8fc0-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Labour’s self-pitying notion that Nick Clegg chose to govern with the Tories out of ideological choice is giving way, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:26:22 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e194a8de-8fc0-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct e194a8de-8fc0-11e2-ae9e-00144feabdc0 Better make this Budget a boring one http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e441104-8a3f-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It is precisely the depth of the UK’s economic pathologies that renders the idea of a quick fix so frivolous, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:58:15 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e441104-8a3f-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4e441104-8a3f-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0 Soccer fans warm to Ruhr romantics http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b9e0ae68-85ad-11e2-9ee3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Borussia Dortmund’s old-fashioned nature is in stark contrast to its star-laden, billionaire-owned rivals in European football, says Janan Ganesh Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:54:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b9e0ae68-85ad-11e2-9ee3-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b9e0ae68-85ad-11e2-9ee3-00144feabdc0 Cameron condemned to rightward lurches http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/deaf2750-84be-11e2-891d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The UK prime minister’s advisers are right that the moment to push root-and-branch modernisation has gone, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:46:04 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/deaf2750-84be-11e2-891d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct deaf2750-84be-11e2-891d-00144feabdc0 Voters expect Osborne to stay his course http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/297f276a-7f3f-11e2-89ed-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The British are busy hunkering down for years of squeezed living standards they regard as more or less inevitable, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:35:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/297f276a-7f3f-11e2-89ed-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 297f276a-7f3f-11e2-89ed-00144feabdc0 Cameron must stop appeasing his party http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b57a27e4-6ebc-11e2-9ded-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The UK prime minister sees same-sex marriage as a rare and economically costless opportunity to broaden the Tories’ appeal, writes Janan Ganesh Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:07:58 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b57a27e4-6ebc-11e2-9ded-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_janan-ganesh%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b57a27e4-6ebc-11e2-9ded-00144feab49a