Totalitarianism in Europe.
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Chris Bryant
b. 1962
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Born in Cardiff, Chris Bryant, 63, was an Anglican priest before going into politics. He became Labour MP for Rhondda (now Rhondda and Ogmore) in 2001 and was deputy leader of the House of Commons from 2008 to 2009. He is minister of state for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. His latest book is A Life and a Half: The Unexpected Making of a Politician. He lives with his husband in Rhondda and London.
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Zelenskyy for holding out against Putin.
An earthquake in Peru forced me and a young man into the street, where he had to introduce me to his family at three in the morning.
Brave, naughty, diligent.
The Doctor in Doctor Who. I still do.
The melanoma has returned in your lung.
Mum, because I never really knew how to cope with her alcoholism.
Losing the 1992 general election.
I’d have reported the tutor who asked me to read an essay to him sitting on the toilet as he lay soaping himself in the bath.
When I worked out I was gay and decided to leave the church at 29.
A dog, though my husband would prefer a cat.
Getting elected as MP for the Rhondda in 2001 despite everyone saying I was too “exotic” or “flamboyant”, ie gay.
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