The Big Issue

BIRD’S WORDS

The general election gives us the opportunity to demand real change

Elections are like islands of hope in a sea of troubles. They seem to increase hope when deep despair is at hand. Last week, whilst doing a Q&A in Falmouth after the showing of the film Someone’s Daughter, Someone’s Son, I was asked whether I hoped for much in the forthcoming general election.

I was not appointed in life to urinate on people’s parades. Nor was I appointed – or self-appointed – to be gooey-eyed over political promises. Rather, to be firmly sensible and

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