Polly Toynbee
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Mary Louisa "Polly" Toynbee (/ˈtɔɪnbi/; born 27 December 1946)[1] is a British journalist and writer. She has been a columnist for The Guardian newspaper since 1998.
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Born | Mary Louisa Toynbee (1946-12-27) 27 December 1946 (age 77) Yafford, Isle of Wight, England, UK |
Education | St Anne's College, Oxford |
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Years active | 1966–present |
Notable credit(s) | BBC Social Affairs editor (1988–1995) The Guardian columnist (since 1998) |
Political party | Labour (until 1981; c. 1990–present) SDP (1981–1988) 'Continuing' SDP (1988–1990) |
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Relatives | Arnold J. Toynbee (grandfather) Philip Toynbee (father) |
She is a social democrat and was a candidate for the Social Democratic Party in the 1983 general election. She now broadly supports the Labour Party, although she was critical of its left-wing leader, Jeremy Corbyn.[2]
Toynbee previously worked as social affairs editor for the BBC and also for The Independent newspaper. She is vice-president of Humanists UK, having previously served as its president between 2007 and 2012.[3] She was also named Columnist of the Year at the 2007 British Press Awards. She became a patron of right to die organization My Death My Decision in 2021.[4]