FT Edit is not a breaking news app. Instead we try to bring you thoughtful stories that are often far removed from the news cycle. But what do we do when there is a huge story in town?
This was the question we wrestled with this week during the high drama in Westminster. It began on Tuesday morning with the revelation that Boris Johnson had, in fact, known of allegations that Chris Pincher was a sexual predator before making him deputy chief whip.
By Tuesday evening, the prime minister had lost his health secretary and his chancellor in quick succession. The departures gathered pace on Wednesday and culminated on Thursday with Johnson’s resignation.
The speed of events meant that stories we were selecting for the next day’s FT Edit risked being out of date before we even published them. The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed a hasty story swap early on Thursday morning.
We also wanted to be highly selective, giving you only the reporting and commentary that you would not be reading elsewhere. We had to make some hard choices; here are the three best pieces that we decided in the end not to run:
Robert Shrimsley’s memorable description of the government as a Ponzi scheme running out of investors was the starting point for his analysis of…
