I got fed up of listening to bollocks

The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced

It would be unforgivable to use the role I have, such as it is, to inflict my incoherent, half-baked view of the world on people. That would be illegitimate and unacceptable and I should be fired.

Ones teachers all belonged to that generation who were imperialists, and the whole narrative throughout my adolescence was of countries leaving the empire. I find it extraordinary that this purpose which drove how we viewed the world is now considered to be something that has no effect upon us.

I got fed up of listening to bollocks

I've always thought you have to live life looking forwards, not backwards. I've had no interest at all in who my ancestors are.

It seems to me that the way to remove people's cynicism is, when asked a straight question, to give a straight answer.