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=== United Kingdom politics ===
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|+''FT'' endorsements<br>(1979–2024)
|[[1979 United Kingdom general election|1979]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[1983 United Kingdom general election|1983]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[1987 United Kingdom general election|1987]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[1992 United Kingdom general election|1992]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[1997 United Kingdom general election|1997]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[2001 United Kingdom general election|2001]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017]]
| {{party name with colour|Conservative Party (UK)}}
|-
|[[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019]]
|
|No endorsement
|-
|[[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024]]
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (UK)}}
|}

In the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 general election]], the ''FT'' was receptive to the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]' positions on civil liberties and political reform, and praised the then [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[Gordon Brown]] for his response to the global [[2008 financial crisis]], but on balance it backed the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]], while questioning their tendency to [[Euroscepticism]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE64304Z20100504 |title=Financial Times backs Conservatives |work=Reuters |access-date=28 February 2011 |date=4 May 2010 |archive-date=3 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103134750/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE64304Z20100504 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], the ''FT'' called for the continuation of the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition that had governed for the previous five years.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 April 2015 |title=General election: The compelling case for continuity in Britain |url=https://www.ft.com/content/e61ce174-ea94-11e4-96ec-00144feab7de |access-date=13 January 2024 |work=Financial Times}}</ref> In the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], an ''FT'' editorial reluctantly backed Conservative [[Theresa May]] over Labour [[Jeremy Corbyn]], while warning about her stance on immigration and the Eurosceptic elements in her party.<ref>{{cite news|title=Election 2017: The safer bet of a Conservative vote|url=https://www.ft.com/content/67949e4a-45e2-11e7-8d27-59b4dd6296b8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/67949e4a-45e2-11e7-8d27-59b4dd6296b8 |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription|website=Financial Times |date=31 May 2017 |access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref> The ''FT'' declared [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 general election]] a "fateful election" that "offers no good choices".<ref>{{cite news |date=5 December 2019 |title=Britain's fateful election offers no good choices |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/d4868a48-169d-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385 |access-date=12 March 2023 |archive-date=1 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230301134641/https://www.ft.com/content/d4868a48-169d-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 general election]], the ''FT'' endorsed the Labour Party again, expressing the need for a "fresh start", while cautioning "Labour's interventionist instincts and fervour for regulation".<ref>{{Cite news |last=board |first=The editorial |date=30 June 2024 |title=Britain needs a fresh start |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2290c1f7-a4cb-4fe1-9b69-b0c8ca17f070 |access-date=30 June 2024 |work=Financial Times}}</ref>