Dave Lee

FT's Henry Mance interviews former UK prime minister, Gordon Brown. It's a strong portrait of a hugely underappreciated leader:

Brown gives interviews in the same way an emperor penguin crosses Antarctica: sometimes gliding effortlessly, sometimes barely tolerating the headwinds. His joys and anxieties run through his entire frame.

Gordon Brown: ‘I really didn’t think we could go as far backwards as we’ve gone’ft.comThe former prime minister says Britain could have avoided austerity — but that politics has changed since the 1990s

Ed Luce in the Financial Times:

We are barely two months into the republic’s year from hell. In 2024, US politics is hitting a perfect storm of partisan loathing in a society where algorithms become ever more skilled at generating outrage among the exhausted majority. Conditions are as good as they get for an outrage entrepreneur like Trump. The rest of this year promises to be nastier than anything we have seen.

Year from hellft.comEconomic growth is failing to heal a nation torn over identity disputes instead of addressing its long-term challenges