Picnicking on the Downs with my family and dog – birds singing, sea sparkling, and mobile switched very firmly off.
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Caroline Lucas
b. 1961
Politics and public life
About
Born in Worcestershire, Caroline Lucas, 63, studied at the University of Exeter where she gained a PhD in English. She joined the Green party in 1986 and went on to become leader in England and Wales from 2008 to 2012, and co-leader from 2016 to 2018. Since 2010 she has been MP for Brighton Pavilion, the UK’s first and only Green party MP. At the next election she plans to retire from parliament. Her new book, Another England: How to Reclaim Our National Story, has just been published. She is married with two sons.
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Being on my deathbed and realising I’d forgotten to treat each day as the miracle that it is.
Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister – for embodying a different, more compassionate politics.
I very often set my heart on things – and if they don’t happen, I’m not great at dealing with disappointment.
Passionate, mum, green.
A holiday job as a chambermaid at the Scratchwood Travelodge on the M1. The state some people leave their rooms in was a revelation.
Not to have been joined by more Green MPs … yet.
Following the Zen proverb: you should sit and meditate for 20 minutes; if you’re too busy, then you should sit and meditate for an hour.
Winning the first Green seat in parliament – although that’s cheating, really, as it was very much a collective achievement by the whole party.
For making a difference.
People remember how you make them feel more than they remember what you say or do.
Today’s children and young people – we’ve let them down by not doing more to prevent the nature and climate crisis, and left them such a huge responsibility.
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