Journalist in London (formerly China). Assistant News Editor @FT
London, England
Joined November 2008
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Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
I just can’t get past Labour winning 65% of seats off 34% of the vote.
Absolutely wild mismatch between the headline result and, well, everything else.
Britain is now a multi-party system, and first-past-the-post can’t cope.
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
Electoral metaphor disaster as North Devon sheep try to get as far away as possible from @RishiSunak - in spite of the goodies he is offering them
NEW
Rishi Sunak has trouble attracting sheep on a campaign visit with David Cameron to meet farmers in north Devon.
More at @GBNEWS.
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
A reminder that Farage has a 53% controlling shareholding in Reform, as per this invaluable Financial Times investigation:
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Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
In 2007, Putin chose the Munich Security Conference for declaring what would become his war against the West. Now, with this war in full swing, Putin has been excluded from the conference, but the murders committed by his regime dominate the proceedings. newyorker.com/news/postscrip…
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
Quite something to complain about how not enough American journalists are reporting on the Russian side of Putin's invasion of Ukraine when two of them – Evan Gershkovich and Alsu Kurmasheva – are *in jail right now* for doing just that
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
NEW: Factories in west Africa are grinding up reams of whole fish into flour & oil — snatching away food from a region that vitally needs it.
For the first time, we traced the salmon fed this stuff to shelves of UK retailers inc Tesco, Aldi, Lidl & Asda
ig.ft.com/supermarket-salmon…
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
Fascinating investigation by Sunday Times today on secret routes into top UK unis for intl students with poor grades
Comes after @FT scoop this month on York uni lowering its entry requirements for some overseas students - who pay far higher fees - due to ‘financial challenges’
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
An amazing opportunity: We are hiring a China correspondent. You get to work with an incredible team of China journalists, and to report and write with seriousness and depth on one of the world’s most important stories economist.com/incoming/2024/…
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
Excl: Govt tried to block Fujitsu from new public contracts in early 2010s in drive nicknamed “Project Sushi”, acc to officials
More on performance of Fujitsu – Japanese firm implicated in Post Office scandal – from me & @rafeuddin_ @kanainagaki @DavidKeo ft.com/content/0b5c9a75-72e7…
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
The first full accounts for Teesworks are out - profits tripled in the first full year after private developers were handed shares without public knowledge
on.ft.com/3TMWIml
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
FT Exclusive: 'Absolute agreement on all matters cannot be a prerequisite for collaboration.' Read FT editor @khalafroula's interview with India's prime minister, who responded for the first time to allegations of an Indian assassination plot in the US: on.ft.com/3GRiSfy
ALT Close-up of Narendra Modi. Quote from him reads: 'We need to accept the fact that we are living in the era of multilateralism'
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
Time for a quick thread on David Cameron’s foreign policy achievements. 1/1
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got.
My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/re…
And some utterly damning charts.
1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
So proud of all the brilliant editors, sub-editors, writers, designers @ftweekend Life & Arts for winning supplement of the year @PressAwardsuk You have worked so tirelessly and excitingly all year. Yes you can pursue a sparkling digital future and be outstanding in print!
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
“We are now watching the real-time implosion of the governing party. It’s going to be a hell of a show, though sadly the tickets will prove expensive.”
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Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
“When does your mortgage fix end?” is the new “what boxset are you watching?” smalltalk for the late-30s/early-40s crowd
Charlotte Middlehurst retweeted
In the last year, nearly 100 million birds have died as a result of an aggressive new strain of avian flu, @maddievitesse reports in this weekend's shocking @FTMag cover story, with stunning, painterly photography by @robbielawrence1 ft.com/content/dc4bc7e7-40d7…
