Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.
Chris PattenBut the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is, I think, the essence of political leadership.
Chris PattenI think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.
Chris Patten