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When I was a kid, travelling from Ethiopia to the UK, the plane door opened, the oxygen masks came down and the plane did an emergency landing in Egypt.
My sister saved me from drowning. I shouted at her because she pulled me out of the pool and hurt my arm.
Before transitioning, I had a severe eating disorder. The doctor said, “Your body’s shutting down and if you don’t improve your mental and physical wellbeing, you’ll die.” Shortly after that, I started transitioning medically and my eating disorder resolved.
I had heart surgery when I was 17. The other time was when I fell off my piano. My head was an inch away from a metal step.
I would be richer, I’d have beaten Mrs Thatcher’s ban on women in the cabinet, and I would be a dame.
Anxiety. Usually the best response is to think hard about things, work up some solutions and then go to sleep.
I am happy now.
As health minister, I brought in breast and cervical cancer screening. And in 1994 I called the first debate on gay rights for a quarter-century and we got the age of consent down to 18. There are pubs in Brighton where I still can’t pay for a drink.
Not becoming chancellor.
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