I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever you're doing, or what your ambitions are, where... →
Richard Linklater
We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics... →
Eric Liu
Talk of citizenship today is often thin and tinny. The word has a faintly old-fashioned feel to it when used in everyday conversation. When evoked in... →
Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a word game.
All the politics of the post-war period was about the clash between the Soviet Union and America, and virtually all issues ended up being... →
Ken Livingstone
I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here.
I loathe and detest all this trivialisation of politics.
Politics is not a healthy lifestyle.
Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London.
I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people; you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them... →