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    Miranda Green

    Deputy opinion editor

    Miranda Green has served as a UK and world news editor for the Financial Times, and has been the paper’s education and political correspondent. She helped found The Day to assist schools teaching current affairs to teenagers, and worked for the Liberal Democrat party in the House of Commons from 1995 to 2000.

    Miranda was named Culture, Diary and Social Commentator of the Year in the 2018 Comment Awards.

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      As 20mph becomes a default speed limit, let’s swallow the road rage and learn to love taking endless courses

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      Sketchy Politics: Are all the pieces in place for Starmer?

      UK political commentator Robert Shrimsley and deputy opinion editor Miranda Green sketch out Labour's possible paths to power

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      Take a tip from the experts: a nakedly self-serving approach to building connections puts people off

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      Team Starmer may need an injection of that ‘hopey-changey stuff’ to pull off an election win

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    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
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      Tim Burrows traces the history of a county that has become a byword for brashness and rebellion

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