Caroline Lucas Quotes

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Caroline Lucas

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 9, 1960

Continuing down a path where profit is king is unsustainable for our society, our health and our planet.

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The Government needs to recognise that we live on a planet with finite resources - and start measuring our progress as a society by the quality of our lives, not the expansion of our GDP.

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Banks and investors have poured money into dirty energy and high-carbon for decades. While no single policy is a magic bullet for the climate crisis, there is also no way of solving it that doesn't involve a fundamental reimagining of the role of our financial system.

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Clear skies and clean air must become the new normal. We must re-design our cities, reclaiming the streets for cycling and walking, allowing people to walk along streets unpolluted by traffic.

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A public, unified and integrated railway - hardly controversial.

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I'm a great believer in needing things that give us some hope.

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Britain is a parliamentary democracy. Power rests in Parliament, in the House of Commons, and the government - the executive - has to seek the consent of MPs for its legislation.

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Addressing the climate and biodiversity crises requires us to radically change our economic models, moving away from economic growth as the over-riding measure of progress and moving instead towards improving health and wellbeing for people and nature. That means a different economic model taking us towards a sustainable economy.

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We have lived with deadly levels of air pollution for years, which have made us more vulnerable to coronavirus.

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We need to block dirty diesels getting public money - no question there.

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The one thing we have that the other parties do not have is a political integrity. No one thinks you join the Green party because you're politically ambitious, or have your own agenda.

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I think we'd be crazy to do anything to the integrity of our policy package, which is progressive, and really dealing with the key social and environmental issues that we face. We're not about to ditch our commitment to nuclear disarmament, for example, to somehow make ourselves more electable.

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I come from a very conventional and non-political background.

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We must have the right to name our fears and laugh at those who seek to scare us - or risk giving in to terrorists.

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The creation of regional mayors has done little to reduce the sense that all power is concentrated in Westminster, and all investment in London.

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I don't think politics just happens in Parliament. It happens on the streets and in classrooms.

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Reminding oneself that not all rules are good rules and sometimes it's good to challenge them is an important part of being an effective parliamentarian.

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Other countries are developing well-being economies - we should do the same. That is the way to create a society which would stand the test of time - for everyone.

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There is an important message that all political leaders should be taking from the response to coronavirus, and that is that people are prepared to make hard choices for the common good.

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I don't think Ed Miliband has the courage of his convictions. He's scared he'll be painted by the rightwing press as a throwback to the time of the 'big state.'

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