Hey, podleters. I hope you're well. In this week's episode, I speak to Fiona Miller.

She is a journalist and campaigner on education and parenting issues, and she's also the former

advisor to Sherry Blair. She's also my very good friend Grace Campbell's mom.

We discussed why private schools don't necessarily provide the best education, and why we should

all take vested interest in making our state education system the best for everyone.

Unfortunately, because of the remote recording, there was a lag, and so in a couple of

instances, we interrupt each other. I'm really sorry about that, but I hope it's not too much

of an issue. I absolutely love speaking to Fiona. I learnt loads, and I'm sure that you will too.

As always, please do rate, review, and subscribe. Enjoy the episode. Bye!

Hello, and welcome to Adelting. Today, I am joined by Fiona Miller.

Oh, hello, hello, hello, hello. How are you doing?

I'm very, very well. Yes, it's a beautiful morning, so I'm feeling more optimistic than

I have been for a few weeks. Oh, yeah, definitely. The weather makes such a difference on these things.

So, I want you to tell us a little bit, for people who don't know who you are, could you tell us

who you are and what you do? Yes, so, well, I was trained as a journalist on national newspapers

in the 1980s, and then I had a little detour into politics when I went to work for the Flares,

Bentoni Blowers Prime Minister, and when I left Downing Street in 2003, I slipped into writing

about education, which is something I'd always been very interested in. I made a film about parental

choice to channel four, and then I got a column on the Guardian, and I've basically written for

the Guardian ever since about education. A lot of it is comment, some of it is feature pieces,

and you know, I tend to go around the country as well, talking to people and taking part in conferences,

and doing media. I would also say that I'm a sort of sometime education campaigner,

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