In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks.

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In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle...

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle...

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and...

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and...

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then...

I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then...

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand...

I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand...

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed...

Undoubtedly, at the moment, the major cause of CO2 emission is what happens in developed...

It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is...

It is almost always wrong that the time isn't ripe to decide something. That is...

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly...

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly...

It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right...

It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right...

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it...

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it...

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in...

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in...

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it...

Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it...

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by unbridled you mean unregulated.

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by unbridled you mean unregulated.