Well, they do have their reputation to protect. If it was just an opinion piece on their blog site, that would be one thing, but the FT, conservative or not, ha

Well, they do have their reputation to protect. If it was just an opinion piece on their blog site, that would be one thing, but the FT, conservative or not, has thrown this onto the front page and is the work of one of their chief editors no less. They have 'skin in the game.'