Caroline Lucas: What accomplishment matters most to you? — FLAPSS

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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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Caroline Lucas

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Winning the first Green seat in parliament – although that’s cheating, really, as it was very much a collective achievement by the whole party.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

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du Beke English dancer and TV presenter

Convincing my wife to marry me and have children with me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2019 source ↗

Jack Whitehall English comedian, actor, presenter and writer

Tricking my dad into doing naked yoga.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 April 2023 source ↗

Toyah Willcox English singer-songwriter, actress and television presenter

Staying sane in a career path that tries endlessly to unnerve you.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 April 2019 source ↗

Growing three brains.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 1 August 2026 source ↗

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Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

For making a difference.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question What lesson has mattered most in your life? Time & hindsight

People remember how you make them feel more than they remember what you say or do.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? Values & belief

Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister – for embodying a different, more compassionate politics.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Picnicking on the Downs with my family and dog – birds singing, sea sparkling, and mobile switched very firmly off.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Being on my deathbed and realising I’d forgotten to treat each day as the miracle that it is.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Question What disappointment has stayed with you longest? Failure & regret

Not to have been joined by more Green MPs … yet.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

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