Polly ToynbeePolly Toynbee is a political and social commentator for the Guardian. Previously she was the BBC's Social Affairs Editor and a columnist for the Independent and the Observer. She is the author of, among others, Hard Work: Lifein Low-Pay Britain, Hospital and Lost Children. With David Walker she has written two audits of Labour's first and second terms, Did Things Get Better? and Better or Worse?: Did Labour Deliver? Read More Read Less