When I'm sifting the compost seed or pruning, I argue over issues in my head; I talk to myself.
Polling in a general election is pretty accurate, because turnout is usually high.
I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.
I spent the 1960s and 1970s seeking myself - the working-class tradition of self-education.
The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.
My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.
