Janan Ganesh (born 1981 or 1982)[1] is a British journalist, author and political commentator. Ganesh is a biweekly columnist for the Financial Times. He writes on international politics for the FT and culture for FT Weekend.[2]
Janan Ganesh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1981 or 1982 (age 42–43) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employers |
|
Background
editGanesh was born in Nigeria.[3] He attended Stanley Technical School for Boys, a voluntary aided school in South London. He studied politics at the University of Warwick, where he was president of the Politics Society, and then public policy at University College London.[4]
Ganesh was active in Labour Students, the student wing of the Labour Party, having been inspired to join when he was 17 by Tony Blair's 1999 annual Labour Party Conference speech. In a 2001 interview with The Guardian, Ganesh described himself as "essentially a Portillista", indicating views the newspaper described as "liberal on social affairs, centre-right on economics". Ganesh opted not to attend his local constituency Labour Party meetings as they were "too dominated by Trots".[1]
Career
editFor two years, Ganesh was a researcher at Policy Exchange, a Westminster-based think tank on the political right set up by Conservative MPs Nick Boles, Michael Gove and Francis Maude. He was political correspondent for The Economist from 2007 to 2012, before joining the Financial Times.[5][6] From 2012 to 2018, Ganesh wrote for the Financial Times as a columnist on British politics.[7] In early 2018, he relocated to Washington D.C. to write about American politics for the same publication.[8] He later moved to Los Angeles before returning to London in 2022.[9]
Between 2013 and 2017, Ganesh regularly appeared on the BBC show Sunday Politics.[5]
Ganesh co-authored Compassionate Conservatism (2006) with Jesse Norman, which received the T. E. Utley Memorial Prize for young journalists.[6] He is the author of George Osborne: The Austerity Chancellor (2012), a biography of British Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Tempest, Matthew (3 October 2001). "New Labour's power-dressed future". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ "Janan Ganesh | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Janan's birthplace is proof of his class".
- ^ Lockhart, Gavin. "Measure for measure Using outcome measures to raise standards in the NHS" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ a b "Debretts 500". Debretts. Archived from the original on 16 November 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b Arden, Christopher (7 June 2012). "Economist's Janan Ganesh joins Financial Times". Press Gazette. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Janan Ganesh". Financial Times. Financial Times. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
- ^ "Janan Ganesh, citizen of... Washington, DC?". The Spectator. 14 February 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "Janan Ganesh". Specialist Speakers. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ Ganesh, Janan (2012). George Osborne: The Austerity Chancellor. bitebackpublishing. ISBN 9781849542142.