diff --git a/recipes/financial_times.recipe b/recipes/financial_times.recipe
index d22ea83553..45f2f1701c 100644
--- a/recipes/financial_times.recipe
+++ b/recipes/financial_times.recipe
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import re
 from urllib.parse import quote
 from html5_parser import parse
 
-from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe
+from calibre.web.feeds.news import BasicNewsRecipe, classes
 
 
 class ft(BasicNewsRecipe):
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class ft(BasicNewsRecipe):
         .article-info__time-byline {font-size:small; font-weight:bold; }
         .o-topper__visual, #fig, .main-image, .n-content-image { text-align:center; font-size:small; }
         blockquote, i { color:#5c5c5c; }
-        .o-topper__standfirst { font-weight:bold; color:#202020; } 
+        .o-topper__standfirst { font-weight:bold; color:#202020; }
         .o-topper__topic { font-size:small; color:#5c5c5c; }
     '''
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class ft(BasicNewsRecipe):
         ),
         dict(name='article', attrs={'id':'article-body'})
     ]
-    
+
     remove_tags = [
         dict(name='aside', attrs={'class':'n-content-recommended--single-story'}),
         classes('in-article-advert')
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ft(BasicNewsRecipe):
         # with open('/t/raw.html', 'w') as f:
         #     f.write(raw)
         root = parse(raw)
-        if x := root.xpath('//article[@id="article-body"]'):
+        if root.xpath('//article[@id="article-body"]'):
             self.log('**has article content')
             return raw
         self.log('**no article content')