Two influential British financial publications, the Financial Times (FT) and The Economist magazine, are backing Labor in Thursday’s UK general election, as is the Sunday Times, a newspaper which however carries the label of the right. The Financial Times, in an editorial published in today’s paper, says it is not politically affiliated and that it believes in “liberal democracy, free trade and private enterprise and a UK that is open to the outside world”. This “often aligned us with the Tories”, but “this generation of ‘Tories’ has ruined the reputation of the party of business”, complains the FT. “Keir Starmer’s Labor Party is better placed to be the leader the country needs,” the salmon-page paper continues. “The FT remains concerned about Labour’s interventionist instincts and its zeal for regulation. His historical sympathy […]
Source: News Beast
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