Caroline Lucas

Politician

1960-12-09

Caroline Lucas is a British politician and former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales.

Books by Caroline Lucas

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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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A public, unified and integrated railway - hardly controversial.
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When threats become unspeakable, unshareable and even unreadable, their power over us only grows.
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I did try being a vegan.
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What does the public want? It wants a vested interest in its own energy provision - driving more efficient behaviour. It wants greater choice and responsibility at a local level. And it wants increased use of renewables to protect the environment.
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In a fair society, the solution to unemployment is not to force people into workfare programmes which do little more than supply big companies with free labour. It's to create jobs that pay a living wage, for example, by investing in new sustainable infrastructure projects and boosting the jobs-rich low carbon economy.
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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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