Caroline Lucas: Being Britain's first and only Green MP

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In 2010 Caroline Lucas made history when she was elected as the MP for Brighton Pavilion, becoming the first Green Party candidate to enter Parliament. She has increased her majority at every election since and served as the Green leader twice. In her 14 years in Westminster, Caroline has used her platform to put environmental and equality issues on the political agenda. Her latest book, Another England sets out how we can reclaim England's national story from Brexit cheerleaders and the radical right.

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0:00.0	Look at him go.
0:01.5	He's a quality striker.
0:02.8	No, not him.
0:03.7	The electrician fixing those lights.
0:05.5	Wow.
0:06.2	Is he?
0:06.9	Yes, he uses QuickBooks to prepare for self-assessment.
0:10.3	This is truly game-changing.
0:12.9	Use QuickBooks year-round to ensure your income tax return is shock-free.
0:17.0	That's how you business differently.
0:18.9	Into its QuickBooks.
0:22.0	This is a Global Player Original podcast.
0:31.2	Hello and welcome to full disclosure.
0:33.5	A podcast project conceived entirely to let me spend more time with interesting people than I would ever get on the radio.
0:40.1	Caroline Lucas, welcome.
0:41.6	Thank you so much.
0:42.5	Green Party MP, soon to be ex-Green Party MP, a lifelong campaign, a lifelong eco-active,
0:50.4	as long before it was cool, and author.
0:53.2	All political careers end in failure, said someone
0:56.1	once. Well, I'm hoping my political career isn't over, so don't rush to judgment yet. There's
1:02.1	all kinds of different ways of being political. And what I have said is that I'm not going to
1:06.5	stand at the next general election. And that is more frankly a personal decision than it is any kind of
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