Philip Stephens | Financial Times

Thursday, 14 November, 2019

UK general election
UK election will not settle Brexit
Fundamental questions about the country’s direction will remain unanswered
Thursday, 7 November, 2019

French politics
France is a big loser from Brexit
When Britain leaves, the power imbalance between Berlin and Paris will be laid bare
Thursday, 31 October, 2019

Populism
The Berlin Wall and the rise of nationalism
The 1989 promise of liberal democracy was a squandered opportunity
Thursday, 24 October, 2019

European Union
Thatcher, Brexit and the German question
Thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell, the power balance in the EU is being upended again
Thursday, 17 October, 2019

Donald Trump
Sanctions are Trump’s new way of war
The president has merged America’s economic policy with its security strategy
Friday, 11 October, 2019

ReviewHistory books
Winds of Change by Peter Hennessy — Britain’s search for a role
How the upheaval of the 1960s set the stage for Brexit Britain today
Thursday, 10 October, 2019

US foreign policy
America’s retreat will outlast Donald Trump
Until now, the security of Europe and east Asia has depended on US leadership
Thursday, 3 October, 2019

Brexit
What Johnson really wants out of Brexit
The UK prime minister is looking for an excuse to blame the EU for the breakdown of talks
Thursday, 26 September, 2019

Brexit
Britain needs another Brexit extension
The country’s fate lies in the hands of the EU27, who could be forgiven for calling time
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Thursday, 19 September, 2019

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson’s lies plunge Britain into a dark morass
There is not a soul in the long corridors of Whitehall who believes the prime minister is telling the truth
Thursday, 12 September, 2019

Euro
Germany, the euro and the awkward truth
The benefits of integration carry a price tag. German voters have never been required to understand this bargain
Tuesday, 10 September, 2019

UK politics & policy9 min
Did Boris Johnson plan to fail?
FT's Robert Shrimsley and Philip Stephens discuss whether the UK prime minister's overall strategy is still in place
Thursday, 5 September, 2019

Conservative Party UK
Brexit has read the rites over British conservatism
Spooked by Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson now leads an English nationalist party
Thursday, 15 August, 2019

Brexit
The post-Brexit price of a special relationship
John Bolton’s recent visit underlined the costs of the UK burning its bridges with Europe
Thursday, 8 August, 2019

EU tech regulation
Europe must set its own digital rules
Although to the libertarian high priests of the internet, this would be heresy
Thursday, 1 August, 2019

Conservative Party UK
The Tories have become the Brexit party
Shedding its broad centre-right traditions, the party now represents English nationalism
Thursday, 25 July, 2019

Boris Johnson
Three things to know about Boris Johnson’s premiership
The prime minister’s promise of post-Brexit unity belies his contempt for Remain voters
Thursday, 18 July, 2019

Brexit
Johnson, Trump and a lopsided relationship
The new foreign policy formula is simple: the president tweets and the leadership hopeful jumps
Friday, 7 June, 2019

World4 min
How Donald Trump and Boris Johnson threaten democracy
FT's Philip Stephens on a shared politics that ignores truth
Thursday, 6 June, 2019

Boris Johnson
The truth and lies of Donald Trump and Boris Johnson
Throw away truth and mutual respect, and free societies come crashing down
Thursday, 30 May, 2019

Brexit
Britain is now stranded in Brexit limbo
Barring a referendum, doing nothing looks increasingly like the default option
Thursday, 16 May, 2019

US-China trade dispute
Trade is an opening shot in a wider US-China conflict
The current standoff is part of a struggle for global pre-eminence
Thursday, 9 May, 2019

US foreign policy
Trump’s angry unilateralism is a cry of pain
America’s unipolar moment passed as quickly as it appeared at the end of the cold war
Thursday, 2 May, 2019

Scottish Independence
Brexit makes the case for Scottish independence
At the whim of the Tory party, Scots have been told to surrender their European identity
Thursday, 25 April, 2019

Brexit
The dangerous allure of a fudged Brexit
An assumption that anything is better than the present shambles ignores the nature of the problem