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“Without fear and without favour”: Since 1888, this newspaper has argued for free markets, free trade, and liberal democracy. These commitments are renewed daily by the editorial board, which offers opinion and analysis on behalf of the FT.
  • Thursday, 18 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Latin America swings to the right

    Crime and violence are raising the appeal of strongmen across the region

    José Antonio Kast appears at a rally on Sunday
  • Wednesday, 17 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Jimmy Lai’s conviction is ominous for Hong Kong

    Verdict leaves no doubt about the consequences of standing up to Beijing

    Jimmy Lai, wearing a rain poncho, holds a banner while marching with protesters carrying umbrellas during a rainy demonstration.
  • Tuesday, 16 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Fifa scores an own goal with its World Cup ticket prices

    Next year’s tournament in North America is turning into an elitist spectacle

    Donald Trump and Gianni Infantino hold a large replica ticket for the 2026 FIFA World Cup final in the Oval Office.
  • Monday, 15 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Australia’s tragedy and the global rise of antisemitism

    Extremist terrorism is a major threat, but is one end of a continuum

    A couple and a young child kneel among numerous flower bouquets, mourning at a public tribute site.
  • Sunday, 14 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    How the EU can make the single market work better

    Brussels has more power to apply and enforce the rules than it is currently using

    Various denominations of euro notes overlap one another
  • Friday, 12 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    The twilight of the physical letter

    End of deliveries by Denmark’s mail service bodes ill for the epistolary form

    Two red Danish mailboxes with a gold crown and posthorn stand in front of a historic building in Copenhagen.
  • Thursday, 11 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Warner battle offers two different plotlines for Hollywood

    Whether Netflix or Paramount wins, creatives are likely to lose

    The Warner Bros. water tower with the WB logo next to an American flag at Warner Bros. Studio.
  • Wednesday, 10 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    America’s unfortunate backward step on vaccines

    2025 has been a good year for immunisation science, but not in the US

    A healthcare worker wearing purple gloves prepares to administer a vaccine to a child’s arm at a clinic event.
  • Tuesday, 9 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    The meaning of China’s $1tn trade surplus

    Beijing’s latest milestone underscores its industrial strength — and growing economic imbalances

    Rows of new vehicles lined up in a large lot at Nanjing Port, with colorful shipping containers and cranes in the background.
  • Monday, 8 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    The White House’s rupture with the western alliance

    Trump’s security strategy is a wake-up call for Europe on defence and growth

    US President Donald J Trump speaks at a Cabinet meeting, seated between Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth in the Cabinet Room
  • Sunday, 7 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    America’s affordability crunch is real — and worse under Trump

    The president may pretend it’s a hoax but his policy agenda has added to the squeeze

    Donald Trump speaks at a table with a serious expression, with the U.S. flag and presidential seal visible in the background.
  • Friday, 5 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    How science can phase out animal testing

    New technologies could replace many procedures though some will still be needed

  • Thursday, 4 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Pete Hegseth is unfit to lead the Pentagon

    Defence secretary faces serious questions over strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats

    Pete Hegseth
  • Wednesday, 3 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Britain’s big experiment with taxing EVs

    Governments have to offset falling fuel duties without slowing electric car sales

    Heavy traffic fills multiple lanes in both directions on the M25 motorway near Heathrow Airport, surrounded by green trees and fields.
  • Tuesday, 2 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    Britain must improve how it uses its fiscal watchdog

    Weak buffers and poor support undermine the Office for Budget Responsibility

    Richard Hughes, chair of the OBR, arrives outdoors wearing a suit and tie, looking slightly to the side.
  • Monday, 1 December, 2025
    The editorial board
    India’s blockbuster labour reforms

    The government’s changes promise to liberalise the country’s vast jobs market

    A factory worker wearing a mask tends to threads on large spools in a textile manufacturing facility in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu.
  • Sunday, 30 November, 2025
    The editorial board
    The EU should play its Russian assets card

    There are ways to overcome a Belgian block and provide game-changing support to Kyiv

    Ukrainian soldiers in camouflage uniforms clean and prepare their rifles at a table covered with weapons and ammunition.
  • Friday, 28 November, 2025
    The editorial board
    Trial by jury is a right that needs protecting

    Beware of restricting it to tackle England’s huge backlog of criminal cases

    David Lammy wears ceremonial robes and a wig as he arrives for his swearing in as Lord Chancellor, following officials in legal attire.
  • Thursday, 27 November, 2025
    The editorial board
    Walmart reinvents itself as a growth stock

    Nasdaq listing is testament to retailer’s transformation under Doug McMillon

    Large digital billboard in Times Square displays a Walmart Black Friday deals ad, with people walking on the street below.
  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    The editorial board
    A tax-raising British Budget with no long-term solutions

    The chancellor’s failure to drive growth and cut spending leaves future levy rises on the cards

    Rachel Reeves leaves Downing Street to deliver her second Budget
  • Wednesday, 26 November, 2025
    The editorial board
    Nigeria’s problem is bigger than Trump thinks

    Its government is failing to protect everyone, not only Christians

    A woman walks towards St Mary’s Catholic school
  • Tuesday, 25 November, 2025
    The editorial board
    A COP of clumsy compromises

    It is left to a coalition of the willing to start the hard work of phasing out fossil fuels

    A large crowd marches beneath a giant Earth balloon, holding signs with climate action messages during the Great People's March at COP30 in Belem, Brazil.
  • Monday, 24 November, 2025
    The editorial board
    What the UK Budget needs to get right

    Reeves must deliver credible savings, calibrated tax rises and a pro-growth signal

    Rachel Reeves adjusts a microphone while standing in a supermarket aisle, preparing to speak to the media.
  • Sunday, 23 November, 2025
    The editorial board
    Should we ban ransom payments to cyber attackers?

    A legal bar, even for critical infrastructure, could have unintended consequences

    A pair of hands reaches for a keyboard and is surrounded by floating locks
  • Friday, 21 November, 2025
    The editorial board
    Trump’s world view: cynical, self-interested and money-grabbing

    Latest Ukraine peace plan presented by the US would be a capitulation to Moscow

    A person places a candle among flowers, toys, and lanterns at a memorial in front of a heavily damaged residential building.
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