Jonathan Derbyshire
@jderbyshire.ft.com
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US opinion editor at the Financial Times. Moynihan Center Public Scholar, 2025-26, CCNY
Trump's defence of the destruction of the East Wing of the White House essentially relies on running a version of the Ship of Theseus paradox: "Over the years, many presidents have made changes."
18 days ago
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In which I explore the history of socialism in America from Eugene Debs to DSA and the Milwaukee âsewer socialistsâ to Zohran Mamdani
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Will Zohran Mamdaniâs rise mark a new dawn for American socialism?
[FREE TO READ] Tens of thousands of volunteers mobilised by the Democratic Socialists of America are working to elect a torchbearer for a beleaguered US left
https://on.ft.com/47quBib
30 days ago
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Tu rigoles?!
about 1 month ago
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A new financial impetus for peace in Ukraine -- Friedrich Merz writes for
@financialtimes.com
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A new financial impetus for peace in Ukraine
[FREE TO READ] We need the mobilisation of resources on a scale that will secure Kyivâs military resilience
https://on.ft.com/48176hn
about 2 months ago
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In which
@ranaforoohar.bsky.social
and I discuss the 'Donroe doctrine'
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Trumpâs U-turn on China
[FREE TO READ] There has been a discernible shift in how this administration is dealing with Beijing
https://on.ft.com/4mCkigl
about 2 months ago
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"Trump namechecked Shakespeare, Dickens, Orwell â authors whose works he has undoubtedly devoured."
@jemima.bsky.social
on the US president's adventures in Windsorland
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Donald Trumpâs adventures in Windsorland
[FREE TO READ] The US president luxuriated in a warm bath of royal pomp and circumstance
https://on.ft.com/4nbU45u
about 2 months ago
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Desmond King, professor of American government at Oxford, for @ftopinion on Charlie Kirk and Americaâs inability to escape political violence
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Charlie Kirk and Americaâs inability to escape political violence
[FREE TO READ] The killings of an activist, politician and CEO in the past year show the resurgence of violent means across the spectrum
https://on.ft.com/46iaWQL
about 2 months ago
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In today's edition of FT Swamp Notes I examine the idea of 'state capitalism with American characteristics'.
@ranaforoohar.bsky.social
responds
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American capitalism: inspired by China?
[FREE TO READ] How are we to understand Trumpâs meddling in the US economy?
https://on.ft.com/4mNZmno
2 months ago
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@sohrabahmari.bsky.social
and I debate Trumpâs federalisation of the Washington DC police force
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Donald Trump says DC is a âhorror showâ. How should Democrats respond?
[FREE TO READ] Simply denying the president, who rose to prominence in New Yorkâs 1970s crime wave, is not effective politics
https://on.ft.com/3JiOmjb
3 months ago
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Great to have
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
writing today's edition of FT Swamp Notes on Wang Huning's vision of America (with a brief response from me)
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Chinaâs vision of America
[FREE TO READ] A book published more than 30 years ago by a close confidant of Xi Jinping now looks uncannily prescient
https://on.ft.com/41L6BE6
3 months ago
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reposted by
Jonathan Derbyshire
Janine Gibson
3 months ago
George called Dave who called his mate Johnny who owns the manor then George called Robert and Chris to come for drinks and Nigel for breakfast! All united by their determination to bring down the elites!
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Brendan Greeley
3 months ago
One of the many consequences of Trump is that he strips all our old ambitions down to simple preservation. A year ago I wanted a better Fed, with better tools, one that actually thought about productive loans, like the law says it should. Now I just want the old Fed to survive.
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What if Trump picks an inflation nutter for Fed chair?
@chrisgiles.ft.com
asks the question on everyone's lips
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What if Trump picks an inflation nutter for Fed chair?
[FREE TO READ] With US checks and balances on the retreat, it is unwise to be an optimist
https://on.ft.com/47bLqPp
3 months ago
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I've written today's edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter on the Texas redistricting affair (with a reply from our esteemed Washington bureau chief, James Politi)
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You say âredistrictingâ, I say âgerrymanderingâ â letâs call the whole thing off
[FREE TO READ] Democrats face some uncomfortable choices in the face of the GOPâs cartographical shock and awe
https://on.ft.com/3UZ5FrS
3 months ago
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We can end the scandal of child poverty if we want to, argues Rowan Williams in
@financialtimes.com
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We can end the scandal of child poverty if we want to
[FREE TO READ] Too often the very young are made to carry the consequences of decisions they havenât made
https://on.ft.com/45mukeZ
3 months ago
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Trump's war on data will do lasting damage - former BLS commissioners
@ericagroshen.bsky.social
and William Beach write for
@financialtimes.com
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Former BLS commissioners: Trumpâs war on data will do lasting harm
[FREE TO READ] Reliable government statistics are one of the cornerstones of the American economy
https://on.ft.com/3UNbf0x
3 months ago
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The latest edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter:
@edwardluce.bsky.social
on the west's complicity in Gaza
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The westâs complicity in Gaza
[FREE TO READ] Trumpâs acknowledgment of starvation could mark a belated turning point in his relationship with Netanyahu
https://on.ft.com/4lTdtax
3 months ago
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Me on new books by JM Coetzee and NgĆ©gÄ© wa Thiongâo
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3 months ago
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Me on new books by JM Coetzee and NgĆ©gÄ© wa Thiongâo
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3 months ago
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Can language ever be objective?
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Can language ever be objective?
[FREE TO READ] New books by JM Coetzee and NgĆ©gÄ© wa Thiongâo look at the global dominance of English and the complicated job of translation
https://on.ft.com/4l5us8D
3 months ago
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Jan-Werner Mueller
4 months ago
"The most employable person in conservative circles today is usually the one who makes the loudest claim to have been rendered unemployable."
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Matthew Goodwin, Reform and the politics of resentment
The âheterodox intellectualâ turned populist is a morbid symptom of the digital age
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philosophy/intellectuals-and-ideas/70456/matthew-goodwin-reform-and-the-politics-of-resentment
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Buzz Aldrin writes for
@financialtimes.com
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Buzz Aldrin and Vivek Lall: Calling all space pioneers â America needs you
[FREE TO READ] Nasa must work with the private sector and international allies if it wants strategic dominance
https://on.ft.com/4mevEra
4 months ago
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Wonderful scoop here from Kaye Wiggins
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Macrons file US lawsuit over claims Franceâs first lady was born male
[FREE TO READ] Case against rightwing influencer Candace Owens is a rare defamation suit from a serving world leader
https://on.ft.com/3GZXSqA
4 months ago
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I donât think anyone captured the essence of Mailer-ness as Diane Arbus did (from the fabulous âConstellationâ show at the Oark Avenue Armory)
4 months ago
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Andy Haldane on. 'fiscal dominance', 'fiscal populism' and the future of central bank independence
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âFiscal populismâ is coming for central banks
[FREE TO READ] When monetary policy is set to meet government budgetary needs, these institutions become piggy banks
https://on.ft.com/40ZB80C
4 months ago
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Nicolas Guilhot for
@financialtimes.com
on digital democratic centralism (aka the 'America party')
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Big Tech can beat political parties at their own game
[FREE TO READ] Elon Musk does not need to launch the âAmerica partyâ â he already owns the tools to herd individuals into a critical mass
https://on.ft.com/44Tva2r
4 months ago
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Pam Bondi, the Trump loyalist swallowed up by the Epstein affair - profile by Stefania Palma
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Pam Bondi, the Trump loyalist swallowed up by the Epstein affair
[FREE TO READ] The US attorney-generalâs stance has disappointed the presidentâs Maga base
https://on.ft.com/4kJiAJ2
4 months ago
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I was the NS's culture editor back then, not the deputy. But in all other particulars Nick Lezard's recollection of my small part in his becoming a columnist is spot on
4 months ago
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Skinner on AI as domination
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4 months ago
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Great work from the FT's visual storytelling team on the emerging ICE-industrial complex
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Inside Americaâs booming immigration detention industry
The enormous US deportation programme is enriching companies as detainees complain of poor treatment
https://ig.ft.com/us-immigration-detention/
4 months ago
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Israel's war sabotaged diplomacy - the US can revive it. Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi writes for the
@financialtimes.com
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Iranâs foreign minister: Israelâs war sabotaged diplomacy. The US can revive it
[FREE TO READ] Our commitment to acting responsibly to avoid a full-scale regional war should not be misinterpreted as weakness
https://on.ft.com/4nxAG3j
4 months ago
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Adam Tooze on the global consequences of 'Alligator Alcatraz' policymaking
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âAlligator Alcatrazâ policymaking leaves the field clear for China
[FREE TO READ] The contrast between technocracy in Beijing and the pantomime in Washington is impossible to ignore
https://on.ft.com/3I9WG43
4 months ago
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Siona Jenkins on New Yorkâs rat problem - an issue, incidentally, that Eric Adams seems determined to make a central plank of his campaign for re-election as the cityâs mayor in November
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On the streets with New Yorkâs ârat tsarâ
[FREE TO READ] When the enemy can chew through concrete, jump three feet and climb metal poles, success is a Sisyphean task
https://on.ft.com/4kgnLQr
4 months ago
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Brooke Masters
4 months ago
The US constitutional system of checks and balances is being tested with potentially profound consequences for a country founded on the principle of no more kings. Read the conversation between me and
@jderbyshire.ft.com
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I enjoyed responding to
@brookeamasters.ft.com
in the latest FT Swamp Notes on a Supreme Court decision that strengthens presidential power
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A Supreme Court decision that strengthens presidential power
[FREE TO READ] Trump says last weekâs ruling in the birthright citizenship case is a âmonumental victoryâ for his administration â he might be right
https://on.ft.com/3GkUjuN
4 months ago
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Financial Times
5 months ago
The democratic socialist's stunning victory over Andrew Cuomo presents several clear lessons for Democrats across the country. Is the 'Dem establishment' ready to listen?
https://on.ft.com/4nDicP8
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Why
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
's victory matters -
@brookeamasters.ft.com
and I offer differing analyses of the significance of Tuesday's mayoral primary in today's FT Swamp Notes newsletter
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Why Zohran Mamdaniâs victory matters far beyond New York
[FREE TO READ] There are clear lessons for Democrats across the country
https://on.ft.com/4no8DmM
5 months ago
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Emmanuel Macron and Friedrich Merz write about the future of European defence for
@financialtimes.com
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Macron and Merz: Europe must arm itself in an unstable world
[FREE TO READ] Norms are eroding and old certainties are being challenged â we must act accordingly
https://on.ft.com/44fEAVW
5 months ago
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"Trump thanked Netanyahu and God - in that order." I wrote this morning's FT Swamp Notes newsletter, with the help of my esteemed colleague
@edwardluce.bsky.social
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Trump vs Maga
[FREE TO READ] Steve Bannon and a large chunk of the presidentâs base oppose further attacks on Iran
https://on.ft.com/3ZLnDRD
5 months ago
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Trump has handed Europe a chance to shape its own future - former Italian PM Enrico Letta writes for
@financialtimes.com
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Trump has handed Europe a chance to shape its own future
[FREE TO READ] American retreat should be the catalyst for deeper integration and with it a stronger EU
https://on.ft.com/4l4Epne
5 months ago
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Louis Moholo-Moholo, 1940-2025. One of the giants of the South African jazz diaspora in the UK. RIP.
5 months ago
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Trump is coming for the âenemy withinâ, writes
@edwardluce.bsky.social
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Trump is coming for the âenemy withinâ
[FREE TO READ] Sending the National Guard into LA is the administrationâs clearest step yet towards authoritarianism
https://on.ft.com/43BMBoZ
5 months ago
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Are Donald Trump and Elon Musk now enemies?
@edwardluce.bsky.social
on yesterday's contretemps, with a reply from the FT's broligarch correspondent,
@joemillerjr.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/17a4...
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Are Donald Trump and Elon Musk now enemies?
The real cause of their falling out has little to do with the US fiscal deficit
https://www.ft.com/content/17a4991d-afde-4be7-b0ea-77624b96b70c
5 months ago
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Why does Maga world hate Europe? This by âŠGuy Chazan â© is worth reading before Merz sits down with Trump later today
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Why does Maga world hate Europe?
[FREE TO READ] Donald Trumpâs team is taking its US culture war across the Atlantic with implications for the western alliance
https://on.ft.com/3FFJEul
5 months ago
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Colm TĂłibĂn said of Edmund White's style that "there is a mannered tone buried in the phrasing, which moves the diction to a level above the casual and the conversational". He's right - White was one of the great stylists of modern American letters RIP
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/a...
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Edmund White, Novelist and Pioneer of Gay Literature, Dies at 85
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/arts/edmund-white-dead.html?searchResultPosition=1
5 months ago
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Good!
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5 months ago
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Pierre Nora, in memoriam
www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...
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Lâhistorien Pierre Nora est mort
Historien, maĂźtre dâĆuvre des « Lieux de mĂ©moire », publiĂ©s en sept volumes Ă partir de 1984, le crĂ©ateur de la revue « Le DĂ©bat » est mort le 2 juin, Ă lâĂąge de 93 ans.
https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2025/06/02/l-historien-pierre-nora-est-mort_6610257_3382.html?lmd_medium=al&lmd_campaign=envoye-par-appli&lmd_creation=ios&lmd_source=default
5 months ago
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How to build a new political consensus:
@ranaforoohar.bsky.social
and Gary Gerstle in this morning's FT Swamp Notes
www.ft.com/content/8a15...
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The post-neoliberal malaise
Who will best react to the economic and geopolitical challenges facing the US?
https://www.ft.com/content/8a157573-9656-4637-af56-5aee193dee2d
5 months ago
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This is a good and tough-minded profile of Curtis Yarvin
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Curtis Yarvinâs Plot Against America
The reactionary bloggerâs call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/06/09/curtis-yarvin-profile
5 months ago
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Philip Stephens
5 months ago
Europe once had its own Middle East policy. It brought the Venice Declaration on Palestinian statehood. It is time for the continent to act again. Good piece from FT's
@martinsandbu.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/8a82...
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Itâs in Europeâs interest to put sanctions on Israel
Limiting trade, travel and freezing foreign reserves would show the EU is willing to act independently of the US
https://www.ft.com/content/8a82a52f-c02b-452b-b7df-ba3bcf94c1e0
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