Caroline Lucas Quotes

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Caroline Lucas

Profession : Politician

Birth : December 9, 1960

With pollution from traffic a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, we should be building a transport and planning system that makes car-free travel for shorter distances the norm for the majority.

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In the public mind, when they think of politicians, sadly they probably tend to think of men in grey suits doing work behind closed doors at Westminster. I want to get away from the idea.

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I've been in the Green party for a very long time - when was it, 1986 - and I joined the party because I seriously wanted the party to have influence.

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Coronavirus has exposed for all what many of us already knew - some of our most important workers have barely enough to live on, and millions are condemned to financial insecurity, inequality and food poverty.

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It's going to take everyone to rebuild a fairer, more sustainable, more beautiful Britain.

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Petra Kelly is my inspiration, one of the founders of the German Greens.

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As more and more people demand fair pay, the Government and big corporations are going to have to take notice.

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We pride ourselves on our democracy, but when you see the way it actually works, I think it is worthy of contempt.

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Violence against women is not inevitable.

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Huge public spending and borrowing in the face of an existential crisis is clearly the right thing to do, as is putting people's health and wellbeing above the pursuit of economic growth.

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To the extent that Bernie Sanders was about building a movement of people where challenging things that up until then were unchallengeable, then absolutely we want to be seen in that mould.

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I accept that as an elected politician I have a number of other tools that I can use to bring about change but I would also say that the Green party remains committed to appropriate non-violent direct action and I think it is a tool in some cases that is legitimate.

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We must instil our future leaders with the expertise, knowledge and skills to prevent climate breakdown and restore nature to health.

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On many issues, Jeremy Corbyn and I are in agreement.

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We can no longer allow special corporate interests to shape our political and financial decisions, while our citizens and communities cry for real climate action.

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If we genuinely believe in a bigger future for our country, we have to redistribute both wealth and power - so people can take back control for good, not just for one vote.

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If a prime minister can suspend parliament to deliver a 'no deal' Brexit, what will the government try to do next with no democratic scrutiny or oversight?

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Labour needs to end its support for expensive nuclear power and vanity projects like HS2, and take a firm stance against the ecologically impossible expansion of airports.

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We always knew that whatever party Nigel Farage led - first UKIP and then the Brexit party - was basically a vehicle for his own political self-glorification and now he's proved it.

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GDP simply measures the circulation of money in the economy, not whether or not the outcome of using that money is positive or negative.

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