Michael White is an associate editor and former political editor of The Guardian

The Guardian

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White was raised in Wadebridge

Wadebridge

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, Cornwall

Cornwall

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. He was educated at Bodmin Grammar School and then studied for a BA in History at University College London

University College London

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White began his journalism career at the Reading Evening Post

Reading Evening Post

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 (1966–71) and after a spell at the London Evening Standard

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 (1970–71) he moved to The Guardian

The Guardian

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 where he has worked ever since variously as a sub/feature writer (1971–74), diary writer (1974–76), political correspondent and sketchwriter (1976–84) and Washington

Washington, D.C.

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 (1984–88).