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    John Burn-Murdoch

    Chief data reporter

    John Burn-Murdoch is a columnist and the chief data reporter for the Financial Times. He writes the weekly Data Points column, where he uses statistics and graphics to dig into the most pressing issues of the day, covering everything from the economy to climate change, social issues and healthcare.

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    • Friday, 21 June, 2024
      UK general election 2024
      Data Points: the UK general election

      A special series of columns from our chief data reporter in the run-up to the July 4 vote

    • Friday, 21 June, 2024
      Data PointsUK general election 2024
      Brace for the most distorted election result in British history

      The demolition of parties to the right will raise fresh doubts about first past the post

    • Friday, 7 June, 2024
      Data PointsUK general election 2024
      The seeds of the Tory collapse were sown in 2019

      Pandemic lockdowns, partygate and Liz Truss’s ‘mini’ Budget were all mere blips on a clear linear trend

      Montage image of Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak and a chart of political party polling
    • Friday, 24 May, 2024
      Data PointsRenewable energy
      How red Texas became a model for green energy

      The state’s solar surge proves that the energy transition defies politics

      Montage image of a solar panel, Texan flag and chart lines
    • Friday, 17 May, 2024
      Data PointsSocial affairs
      Why Britain is the world’s worst on homelessness

      Insufficient housing, an eroded social sector and diminished state support made tens of thousands destitute

      House keys with a mini-house on the keyring
    • Saturday, 11 May, 2024
      Life & Arts
      How good were Klopp’s Liverpool?

      What the data tells us about the outgoing manager’s record

    • Friday, 10 May, 2024
      Data PointsMedia
      How our sense of economic reality is being distorted

      A new study adds to the evidence that competition for eyeballs may be warping our sense of the world

      Montage image of chart lines and a TV with the Fox News logo on the screen
    • Friday, 3 May, 2024
      Data PointsUS presidential election 2024
      The problem with polling America’s young voters

      Difficulty in reaching the under-30s for surveys means not all data points are created equal — and can mislead

      Montage image of a woman in a polling booth
    • Friday, 26 April, 2024
      Data PointsGlobal migration
      The Anglosphere has an advantage on immigration

      English-speaking countries generally do better at both attracting and integrating talent

      Montage image of three suitcases and a chart line
    • Friday, 19 April, 2024
      Data PointsTransport
      Why are American roads so dangerous?

      Bad driving is probably playing a bigger role in the fatality rate than larger cars and longer journeys

      Montage image showing a pick-up truck and a signpost with an exclamation mark
    • Friday, 12 April, 2024
      Data PointsPrivate wealth
      Forget boomers vs millennials, the next conflict is millennials vs each other

      Growing wealth inequality between thirtysomethings could soon displace tensions between young and old

      Montage image showing two people and a house, with a chart line cutting through the middle
    • Wednesday, 3 April, 2024
      FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
      Thames Water hits the gutter

      The utility’s owners are to begin urgent restructuring talks

    • Friday, 29 March, 2024
      Data PointsDemographics and population
      Why family-friendly policies don’t boost birth rates

      Direct financial incentives are defeated by much stronger social trends

      Montage image of a pushchair and two chart lines
    • Friday, 22 March, 2024
      Data PointsGlobal Economy
      It’s no longer the economy, stupid

      America’s hyper-partisan voters express economic sentiments that mirror their politics — this is not true in Europe

    • Friday, 8 March, 2024
      Data PointsUS presidential election 2024
      American politics is undergoing a racial realignment

      Democrats are rapidly losing non-white voters as the forces that ensured their support weaken

      A composite image of the Democrat logo and a chart detail
    • Friday, 23 February, 2024
      Data PointsProperty sector
      What Texas can teach San Francisco and London about building houses

      It’s not a housing crisis — it’s a planning crisis

      Montage image of a house with a flag and chart lines
    • Friday, 16 February, 2024
      Data PointsPolitics
      Progressives beware: high turnout now favours the right

      A key electoral headwind has changed direction in recent years

      Montage of images of Donald Trump and Joe Biden with blue and red graph lines behind them
    • Friday, 9 February, 2024
      Data PointsConservative party UK
      Why are young people deserting conservatism in Britain but nowhere else?

      Shocks thought to be worldwide have hit Britain’s young adults harder than most

      Montage of images of Rishi Sunak and Donald Trump with blue and red graph lines running behind them
    • Friday, 2 February, 2024
      Data PointsUS presidential election 2024
      Could Taylor Swift really hand Biden victory over Trump?

      The pop superstar has a huge following, but the data suggests her impact could go either way

      Montage image of Trump, Swift and Biden on top of some polling graphs
    • Friday, 2 February, 2024
      Political Fix podcast37 min listen
      Who still votes Conservative?

      Gender, age, religion: the new faultlines in how the UK votes

    • Friday, 26 January, 2024
      Data PointsGender politics
      A new global gender divide is emerging

      Young men and young women’s world views are pulling apart. The consequences could be far-reaching

    • Saturday, 13 January, 2024
      Data PointsResidential property
      The housing crisis is still being underplayed

      Young adults are being robbed of the milestones that marked the lives of previous generations

      FT montage of a house with rising and falling affordability indicators over it
    • Friday, 5 January, 2024
      Data PointsInnovation
      Is the west talking itself into decline?

      The data suggests that we have shifted away from a culture of progress towards one of worry

      Montage image of books and a line graph
    • Friday, 29 December, 2023
      Data PointsFootball
      Football’s broadcast revenue boom is over — what happens now?

      A squeeze on revenues stands to benefit the Premier League, but at a cost to competitions elsewhere in Europe

      A Premier League trophy with a red graph line zigzagging upwards
    • Friday, 15 December, 2023
      Data PointsConservative party UK
      The great immigration miscalculation

      An all-out assault on overseas arrivals is not the vote-winner it once was

      Pierre Poilievre, Rishi Sunak
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