What do you consider your greatest achievement?

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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.

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

Clive Myrie British journalist, newsreader, and presenter

Surviving this world.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2024 source ↗

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

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

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