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Wed, 30 May 2012 18:51:24 GMT Thu, 31 May 2012 10:17:49 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/comment/columnists/robert-shrimsley http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/comment/columnists/robert-shrimsley http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/02612af0-a977-11e1-9772-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct While Donald Trump is embroiled in another coiffure controversy, David Cameron is combing through Grexit policy options, writes Robert Shrimsley Wed, 30 May 2012 18:51:24 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/02612af0-a977-11e1-9772-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 02612af0-a977-11e1-9772-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1eef0748-a551-11e1-9a94-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Commercialism is fine, but what grates is the attempt to pretend that everything is still true to its original ideals, writes Robert Shrimsley Sat, 26 May 2012 04:13:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1eef0748-a551-11e1-9a94-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1eef0748-a551-11e1-9a94-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/adacde38-a367-11e1-988e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The PM’s relaxed demeanor seems out of kilter with austerity Britain, where everyone is being told to work harder, writes Robert Shrimsley Wed, 23 May 2012 18:44:27 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/adacde38-a367-11e1-988e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct adacde38-a367-11e1-988e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ed8cb7e8-9fb2-11e1-8b84-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Letting people’s children give them flowers is a simple strategy that should shore up the monarchy for a few decades, writes Robert Shrimsley Fri, 18 May 2012 23:21:16 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/ed8cb7e8-9fb2-11e1-8b84-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ed8cb7e8-9fb2-11e1-8b84-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c21a2e0c-9dd1-11e1-9a9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Once it was the unemployed who felt the lash of the Tory tongue, now it is the boss class is being told to pull up its socks, writes Robert Shrimsley Wed, 16 May 2012 19:27:42 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c21a2e0c-9dd1-11e1-9a9e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct c21a2e0c-9dd1-11e1-9a9e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2138ee2a-9a38-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Unless the problem is really serious, I have concluded that my children are better off sorting it out themselves, writes Robert Shrimsley Sat, 12 May 2012 00:28:23 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2138ee2a-9a38-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2138ee2a-9a38-11e1-aa6d-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fde8da3e-991a-11e1-948a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It is reassuring to know that even in the service of bloody mayhem, certain professional standards were being maintained, writes Robert Shrimsley Wed, 09 May 2012 18:32:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/fde8da3e-991a-11e1-948a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct fde8da3e-991a-11e1-948a-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8afac4fe-94b7-11e1-bb0d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Normality in a prime minister is, in any case, overrated, especially since no one actually thinks politicians are normal, writes Robert Shrimsley Fri, 04 May 2012 23:17:33 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8afac4fe-94b7-11e1-bb0d-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 8afac4fe-94b7-11e1-bb0d-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/be085bfe-92eb-11e1-b6e2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Hunks of aircraft fuselage will crash on to areas of the the city before we allow any harm to befall our veldodrome, writes Robert Shrimsley Wed, 02 May 2012 18:54:20 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/be085bfe-92eb-11e1-b6e2-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct be085bfe-92eb-11e1-b6e2-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4b21b554-8f35-11e1-ab32-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Perhaps the decade did represent the first tugs at the cultural straitjackets, but these were the faltering efforts, writes Robert Shrimsley Fri, 27 Apr 2012 23:59:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4b21b554-8f35-11e1-ab32-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4b21b554-8f35-11e1-ab32-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62fb7f50-8eba-11e1-ac13-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct ‘Our polling shows 62% think you drink champagne for breakfast and 44% think you and George Osborne flog your servants.’ By Robert Shrimsley Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:46:57 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/62fb7f50-8eba-11e1-ac13-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 62fb7f50-8eba-11e1-ac13-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f5138b7a-89b1-11e1-85af-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct It may be only a couple of quid to you, but the presumption that you are a fool with more cash than sense which rankles, writes Robert Shrimsley Fri, 20 Apr 2012 23:12:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f5138b7a-89b1-11e1-85af-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct f5138b7a-89b1-11e1-85af-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b5ec0a16-72ec-11e1-9be9-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Atheism is a non-belief. Extremism in the name of something that doesn’t exist feels a bit silly, writes Robert Shrimsley Fri, 23 Mar 2012 21:10:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b5ec0a16-72ec-11e1-9be9-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct b5ec0a16-72ec-11e1-9be9-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3f1df970-6d70-11e1-b6ff-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Acording to our religious leaders it is a dandelion in the wind, easily blown away by others you’ve never met, writes Robert Shrimsley Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:09:05 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/3f1df970-6d70-11e1-b6ff-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 3f1df970-6d70-11e1-b6ff-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ecfabfa-6d02-11e1-a7c7-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct The African warlord is facing what is known as ‘a bit of an image problem’. This offers a business opportunity, writes Robert Shrimsley Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:02:54 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1ecfabfa-6d02-11e1-a7c7-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 1ecfabfa-6d02-11e1-a7c7-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4a309ed4-67ef-11e1-978e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Cinema plus may be the future. Forthcoming variations may even include a Thai scalp massage while you watch, writes Robert Shrimsley Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:02:07 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/4a309ed4-67ef-11e1-978e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 4a309ed4-67ef-11e1-978e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a37bf2d2-679e-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct When IBM’s Watson is passed over for the role of chief operating officer, it may quit to set up its own boutique service, writes Robert Shrimsley Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:30:46 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a37bf2d2-679e-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct a37bf2d2-679e-11e1-b6a1-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6354904e-626f-11e1-872e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Newly formed Chores for Yours-Truly Inc is eligible for handouts and ready to prepare youngsters for the world of work, writes Robert Shrimsley Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:04:55 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6354904e-626f-11e1-872e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6354904e-626f-11e1-872e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f4a86e4-6208-11e1-807f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct In our increasingly celebrity obsessed age, could there ever come a time when a crime is only interesting to the police if a famous person is involved, asks Robert Shrimsley Wed, 29 Feb 2012 20:40:32 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2f4a86e4-6208-11e1-807f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 2f4a86e4-6208-11e1-807f-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6a650d6e-5789-11e1-869b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct Lamenting the lack of anything worth watching is a national pastime, but the switch to digital was meant to end all that, writes Robert Shrimsley Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:07:44 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/6a650d6e-5789-11e1-869b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fcomment_columnists_robert-shrimsley%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct 6a650d6e-5789-11e1-869b-00144feabdc0