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Polly Toynbee

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English journalist and writer

United KingdomJournalistsBorn 1946 · age 79
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Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for The Guardian newspaper since 1998.

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Polly Toynbee
said · Jul 16, 2024
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[On the Bruges Group, informally a thinktank for the Conservatives] They spread Europhobia through their party until all candidates had to test positive for Brexit.

"I went to see how the Tories are handling defeat - and found Faragism and a total lack of reflection", The Guardian (16 July 2024)

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Polly Toynbee
said · Jan 23, 2024
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By instinct, I like the French revolutionary tradition commanding absolute secularism in schools and state institutions.

"Banning prayer rituals in school? Just get religion out of education completely", The Guardian (23 January 2024)

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Polly Toynbee
said · Dec 15, 2023
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This is where the housing pressure-cooker explodes. This is Manchester's civil court, like others all across England, where people are made homeless, hundreds every day.

"I spent a day in a court where 'no-fault' evictions reach 10 an hour. Whose fault is this, Rishi Sunak?", The Guardian (15 December 2023)

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Awards 2

2005honorary doctorate
honorary degree of the University of Leeds

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About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1946 · age 79
Written about in
8 languages

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