Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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Read by field Everyone Science and medicine 2 Arts and letters 339 Politics and public life 27 Business and finance 15 Technology 3 Sport 22

Read by age Any age Before thirty 19 In their thirties 60 In their forties 77 In their fifties 68 In their sixties 50 Seventy and beyond 61

Jess Phillips British politician

Harriet Harman. I know how hard it is to do what she’s doing.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 April 2018 source ↗

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