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Miranda Green

Deputy opinion editor

Miranda Green was in the FT newsroom for a number of years, as both a UK and world news editor, 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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  • Friday, 13 December, 2019
    UK general election22 min
    What Boris Johnson's election win means for the UK

    FT's Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green sketch out the political future

  • Friday, 13 December, 2019
    UK general election
    Corbyn’s outriders are shielding their leader from blame

    The question now is whether the hard left’s grip on Labour will be loosened

  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
    UK general election20 min
    What Johnson and Corbyn are promising for the Brexit election

    The FT's Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green draw their political Christmas card

  • Sunday, 8 December, 2019
    World5 min
    Ukraine talks, UK poll, Myanmar leader in court, Dixons results

    FT's Veronica Kan-Dapaah previews some of the big stories the Financial Times is watching this week

  • Saturday, 7 December, 2019
    FT Politics: UK Election Countdown podcast36 min listen
    Election week four: Boris Johnson dodges the BBC

    The prime minister had a dilemma over whether to accept an Andrew Neil interview

  • Friday, 6 December, 2019
    AnalysisUK general election
    How generational split is shaping UK election pitches

    Labour attempts to appeal to different age groups as Tories focus on elderly

  • Friday, 29 November, 2019
    UK general election21 min
    UK general election: why character counts for Johnson and Corbyn

    The FT's Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green look at the personalities of the party leaders

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    UK politics & policy4 min
    Is Jeremy Corbyn's radical Labour manifesto eye-catching or eye-watering?

    FT deputy opinion editor Miranda Green says credibility among voters is key

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    UK general election
    The UK election is testing personal and political bonds

    A peculiar mix of match-fixing and furious aggression has marked the start of the campaign

  • Promoted Content
  • Monday, 18 November, 2019
    AnalysisUK general election13 min
    The Brexit disrupters: beyond left and right

    The FT's Miranda Green meets the political insurgents shaking up the UK's general election

  • Thursday, 14 November, 2019
    UK general election21 min
    How Brexit's Leave and Remain alliances are shaping the election

    The FT's Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green sketch out the plots, pacts and possibilities

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    UK general election25 min
    UK general election: drawing the battle lines

    FT's Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green map out the key battlegrounds

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    UK general election
    ‘Workington man’ is a depressing political caricature

    Electoral stereotypes help lobbyists but hobble unifying leadership

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    UK general election20 min
    Video: How Boris Johnson's Brexit election gamble maps out

    FT's Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green sketch the path to power

  • Friday, 18 October, 2019
    FT Politics: UK Election Countdown podcast32 min listen
    Boris Johnson’s new Brexit deal: details and drama

    A week of intense diplomacy and the PM has an agreement — will it pass parliament?

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    Brexit6 min
    Can Brexit breakthrough really bring resolution?

    FT's Miranda Green and Anne-Sylvaine Chassany discuss the new deal

  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2019
    Brexit
    Bridging local divides could soothe bipolar politics

    Efforts to find common ground among hyper-polarised voters are having some success

  • Friday, 27 September, 2019
    UK politics & policy21 min
    Boris Johnson's Brexit map

    The FT's Robert Shrimsley and Miranda Green examine where UK politics will go next

  • Monday, 23 September, 2019
    Instant InsightUK schools
    High price of Labour’s vow to abolish private schools

    Angela Rayner may have to seek less dramatic ways of curtailing the fee-paying sector

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2019
    UK social mobility
    Invisible barriers prove a handicap in the education race

    From the price of a school blazer to a train ticket, hidden costs are holding some students back

  • Thursday, 5 September, 2019
    UK politics & policy7 min
    Is Boris Johnson splitting the Tory party?

    FT deputy opinion editor Miranda Green asks chief political commentator Robert Shrimsley if we are seeing a fundamental schism

  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2019
    UK social mobility
    Social mobility is no longer an aspiration on the left

    In Labour’s analysis, the idea is underpinned by an individualism that must be rejected

  • Sunday, 25 August, 2019
    Office life
    Love in the workplace is an endangered affair

    Online dating is the new normal, but getting to know a partner at work has many advantages

  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2019
    UK schools
    Good news for girls’ schools — Malory Towers is back

    Single-sex education was the norm when Enid Blyton was writing and it has lessons for us today

  • Monday, 29 July, 2019
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson is threatening to wrongfoot the opposition

    Criticisms of the new prime minister betray a failure to grasp how politics has changed

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