Yakking. Tippy tappy typing. 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=dcf00d7580444ccbhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mtlukr2xik26And so as this very dubious week draws to a close, I cannot help but wonder if it's better to adopt a completely different persona https://www.ft.com/content/014f207a-ab03-4e5a-9579-f719c2e7bd7f?syn-25a6b1a6=1 By me for FT Sat Mag while @robertshrimsley.bsky.social is at the beach21 Aug 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlukr2xik26https://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mtlukr2xik26And so as this very dubious week draws to a close, I cannot help but wonder if it's better to adopt a completely different persona https://www.ft.com/content/014f207a-ab03-4e5a-9579-f719c2e7bd7f?syn-25a6b1a6=1 By me for FT Sat Mag while @robertshrimsley.bsky.social is at the beach21 Aug 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlukr2xik26https://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mtgf755b722xWrote this to a tight deadline before holiday - what a total liberation re both - hardly anybody read it however - also away or ahem rationalising distractions- swings and bloomin roundabouts innit? by me for @financialtimes.com with thanks to the Pope for inspo https://as.ft.com/r/30112ec3-f40e-43ae-9228-a6dcaa6b8daa19 Aug 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgf755b722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mtbilyhsq22usuperb sentence [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbilyhsq22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrwvzcgw5k2dNew pod🚨on Burnham's week of manic policy speeches. Can huge ambitions on tech ed and social care work? What the hell is a PuFin? with me @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social @chris-smyth.bsky.social @financialtimes.com https://www.ft.com/content/32951d1d-5402-406b-bfaf-a490bf1bff84?syn-25a6b1a6=1 @lucyfisher.ft.com back next week31 Jul 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwvzcgw5k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrx5ceznx22dtoday there are just not enough hours or cups of tea31 Jul 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx5ceznx22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrwwcrudd22dI realise I misread the question - this was my great grandmother tho in my defence I knew her and 100 years stretches an extra generation easy - grandma had two babies and worked as a shop assistant in retail after almost non existent education [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwwcrudd22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrwvzcgw5k2dNew pod🚨on Burnham's week of manic policy speeches. Can huge ambitions on tech ed and social care work? What the hell is a PuFin? with me @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social @chris-smyth.bsky.social @financialtimes.com https://www.ft.com/content/32951d1d-5402-406b-bfaf-a490bf1bff84?syn-25a6b1a6=1 @lucyfisher.ft.com back next week31 Jul 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwvzcgw5k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrucjkcl6k2zHaving 10 babies after a rocky start at a very young age in domestic service [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrucjkcl6k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrucgqnfpc2zalternatively, we've found the foundational policy for the coming Lib-Lab coalition deal - there was a woman watching social videos in the actual GP practice waiting room yesterday [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrucgqnfpc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrubwxstg22zAnd here is @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on a pre-holiday roll pointing out the right sound a bit delusional (also IMHO hoping for the country to fail is neither a strategy nor very attractive) https://www.ft.com/content/5fa10fcb-25fb-49e0-b77a-046b6b8b7f75?syn-25a6b1a6=130 Jul 2026 11:00 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrubwxstg22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrrr7ycq2s2nsame re Dad with dementia and now v elderly immobile Mum - and the private companies you deal with for domiciliary care at home are clearly only just viable (chaotic service therefore) even though fees are high but the workers clearly underpaid - at the moment there are only losers [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 10:55 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrr7ycq2s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrrqdst6xs2nLast time my 92 year old mum was discharged from hospital all the release forms for hospital transport were marked with DNR whether or not one was in place - we pointed out it was not right in her case - so much of this [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrqdst6xs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrrph3e5uc2nKings Fund - 33% of the public believe in error that social care is free at the point of use29 Jul 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrph3e5uc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mreyrrid222uIncredibly interesting that nothing incredibly interesting is changing [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mreyrrid222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/greenmirandahere.bsky.social/post/3mrch3szgl224This guy had his ladder up outside Labour conf last year on the Mersey prom near the conf centre and was interviewing all and sundry - he's quite an operator [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:jkltkb6qaefwupjhqojertrd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrch3szgl224