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Miranda Green

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Yakking. Tippy tappy typing. More yakking. Politics. Education. FT columns, Political Fix podcast and videos here https://www.ft.com/miranda-green - please check out Not Another One https://open.spotify.com/show/7u4nlhVNmzzZrLjmB7z137?si=dcf00d7580444ccb

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · Nov 25

erm ... hello?

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 7h

Enjoying the camera cutting to Jenrick

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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 1d

We want your questions! And hopefully you want our answers. Ask anything. www.ft.com/content/b355...

Submit your questions: Can the global economy withstand new shocks?

Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with the FT’s Tej Parikh and Martin Sandbu on Thursday October 9 at 1pm BST

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 1d

so what? it's about autumn - leaves falling - and Wendy Cope is/was (not sure but she's great - recommend) a Brit doing a pastiche of another pompous genre of Brit with these Strugnell poems

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Just found out that today is mid-autumn day in the Chinese calendar - happy mid autumn day folks 🍂- I can feel a Strugnell haiku coming on ... poetryarchive.org/poem/strugne...

Strugnell's Haiku - Poetry Archive

Strugnell’s Haiku (i) The cherry blossom In my neighbour’s garden – Oh! It looks really nice. (ii) The leaves have fallen And the snow has fallen and Soon my hair also….. (iii) November evening: The m...

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 5d

In memoriam...

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 5d

glorious!

Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 5d

Really enjoyed this New Scientist piece on the huge significance for human self-regard of Jane Goodall's work: "vital to undermining the view of human exceptionalism and superiority that had prevailed www.newscientist.com/article/2498....

How Jane Goodall changed the way we see animals – and the world

Jane Goodall, who chronicled the social lives of chimps, has died, but she leaves a lasting legacy on how we view the natural world

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 6d

Also - plse fill in the online form! say the increasingly panic-inducing messages from the hospital, all of which come from No Reply numbers or email addresses and none of which contain and link that works

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 6d

gotta love the Nash family and in all their moods

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Sophie Harman @profsophieharman.bsky.social · 6d

Kindle has chosen Sick of It to be part of their 99p deal for October!

Given the first book I published back in 2010 was about £80 this is a much better deal. And cheaper than a whippy.

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 6d

This i/v depressed the hell out of me for this line ...
Case is still able to make a living as a musician, even though the digital age has made it an uphill struggle. “I used to get royalty cheques that would see me through several months. I don’t get those now.” www.ft.com/content/c9ae...

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Mask Up Comments and Opinions @commentsandopi2.bsky.social · 6d

Worth reading to see who suffers the most when the retirement age is raised.
Hint: it's women, low paid workers, and those already out of work in their late 50s.
We need proper conversations about this in AoNZ
#nzpol

Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted to see the commitment from the IFS @helenmiller.bsky.social to examining the differential impact on men and women of policy (this one on retirement age) ifs.org.uk/publications...

How do people already out of employment fare when the state pension age rises? | Institute for Fiscal Studies

This report studies a group disproportionately affected by state pension age increases: those who had left paid work before the state pension age.

ifs.org.uk

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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 7d

I'd forgotten this - excellent

Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 7d

Facebook memories reminds me that this was a year ago - undoubtedly the greatest political graphic of all time, taken from the 'Conservatism in Crisis' pamphlet released by Kemi Badenoch.

Two equilateral triangles side by side. The one on the left is labeled 20th century politics and is cut in half horizontally, with the smaller top half labeled 'right' and the larger bottom half labeled left. The triangle on the right is cut in half vertically, with the left side labeled right and the right side labeled left - this triangle is captioned 21st century politics.

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 7d

ah yes local papers - those were indeed the days

Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 7d

a really daft piece by Andrew - as if he didn't bother to pay any attention - fair enough for ordinary mortals but not if you are going to pretend to be a knowledgable critic - Zack is a populist, they play by different rules - anyway here's my 2p-worth! open.spotify.com/episode/2YHL...

How do the Liberal Democrats become more relevant in a landslide parliament?

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 7d

brill!

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REMINDER: FT Schools provides free access to FT.com for 16-19 year olds and their teachers at schools around the world. More than 73,000 students in 132 countries are already reading us through the programme professional.ft.com/en-gb/servic...

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 7d

This week’s FT Political Fix podcast, live from the Labour party conference:

Labour’s conference comeback?

The inside take on the Labour Party Conference live from Liverpool

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 7d

With my second I had a mystery infection and fever at 28 weeks (and contractions) and they hospitalised me for a few days and I went on leave early - it's a very scary time you do NOT want confusion about what's safe

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 7d

Well I'm here and @iainmartin1.bsky.social is here and so is @steverichards.bsky.social - to be honest we are a teeny tiny operation and we do it all ourselves and we all have other jobs! Step by step, as Angela Merkel used to say. But thanks for your interest - we're on all the podcast platforms.

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Bindyp @bindyp.bsky.social · 11d

I had a water infection at 18 weeks with my first pregnancy. Unfortunately, it brought on premature Labour and I lost my little boy. (I don’t say this for sympathy). Fever during pregnancy is very misunderstood. Take the fucking tablet.

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 7d

I'm so sorry, I just logged back in to find your message - how awful for you.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 7d

Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 7d

Delighted to see the commitment from the IFS @helenmiller.bsky.social to examining the differential impact on men and women of policy (this one on retirement age) ifs.org.uk/publications...

How do people already out of employment fare when the state pension age rises? | Institute for Fiscal Studies

This report studies a group disproportionately affected by state pension age increases: those who had left paid work before the state pension age.

ifs.org.uk

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 7d

great isn't it? And it was NAO yes - although we seem to have nominated @iainmartin1.bsky.social as our culture corr as well as wine expert

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