Janan Ganesh
| Janan Ganesh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 February 1982 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Warwick University; UCL |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Political columnist of the Financial Times |
Janan Ganesh (born 18 February 1982) is a British journalist, author and political commentator. Ganesh is the principal political columnist for the Financial Times and regularly appears on the BBC show, Sunday Politics.[1]
Career
Ganesh attended Stanley Technical School for Boys, a voluntary aided school in South London, before he read Politics at Warwick University, graduating with the best marks in his year, before studying Public Policy at UCL.[2]
Ganesh was active in Labour Students, the student wing of the Labour Party, having been inspired to join when he was 19 by Tony Blair's 1999 annual Labour Party Conference speech. In an interview with The Guardian at the time Ganesh described himself as "essentially a Portillista", comparing his politics to Michael Portillo's, who was the then Conservative Party Shadow Chancellor. Ganesh opted not to attend his local constituency Labour Party meetings as they were "too dominated by Trots".[3]
For two years he was a Researcher at the Policy Exchange, a Westminster-based right-wing think tank set up by Conservative MPs Nick Boles, Michael Gove and Francis Maude, and for five years he was political correspondent for The Economist.[1] Ganesh co-authored Compassionate Conservatism (2006) with Jesse Norman, which received the T.E. Utley Memorial Prize for young journalists.[4]
Ganesh has written George Osborne: The Austerity Chancellor (2012), a biography of British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.[5]
Ganesh writes columns about British politics for the Financial Times.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Debretts 500". Debretts. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ Lockhart, Gavin. "Measure for measure Using outcome measures to raise standards in the NHS" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ Tempest, Matthew (3 October 2001). "New Labour's power-dressed future". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ↑ Arden, Christopher. "Economist's Janan Ganesh joins Financial Times". Press Gazette. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ↑ Ganesh, Janan. George Osborne: The Austerity Chancellor. bitebackpublishing. ISBN 9781849542142.
- ↑ "Janan Ganesh". Financial Times. Financial Times. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
