Chris Bryant: What accomplishment matters most to you? — FLAPSS

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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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Getting elected as MP for the Rhondda in 2001 despite everyone saying I was too “exotic” or “flamboyant”, ie gay.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

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Clara Amfo Broadcaster

Retaining my sense of self in an insecure job.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2020 source ↗

Mike Skinner English rapper

Original Pirate Material.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 January 2009 source ↗

Bozoma Saint John Marketing executive; former chief marketing officer of Netflix

My daughter. She’s awesome and it’s because I’m awesome. Lol.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 October 2017 source ↗

Yusuf Islam British musician

Writing songs that can be handed down through generations.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 November 2014 source ↗

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Question If you could revise one chapter of your past, what would you change? Failure & regret

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.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Question What one change would most improve the quality of your daily life? Daily life

A dog, though my husband would prefer a cat.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

Totalitarianism in Europe.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

The Doctor in Doctor Who. I still do.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Question When did you last change your mind about something important? Change of mind

When I worked out I was gay and decided to leave the church at 29.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

Mum, because I never really knew how to cope with her alcoholism.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2025 source ↗

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