Midge Ure: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

Originally asked

The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.

You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Midge Ure said elsewhere, not written here

Carol Vorderman, because she’s stuck her head above the parapet to try to hold our bizarre politicians to account.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 September 2023 source ↗

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Joan Collins English actress and writer

Bill Clinton, I think he was a great president (who cares about his indiscretions?).

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 May 2014 source ↗

Brian Cox Scottish actor

My friend Billy Connolly, for his incredible sense of humour and wit. But greater than that is Billy’s courage and sheer chutzpah, to take his Parkinson’s and make it central to his brilliance as a performer.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 July 2016 source ↗

Monica Ali British writer, novelist

Clive Stafford Smith. He campaigns for prisoners on death row in the US.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 April 2011 source ↗

Maggie O'Farrell Irish-British novelist

Darnella Frazier, the teenager who filmed George Floyd’s murder. It took astonishing courage to stand on the pavement in front of those policemen, and we all owe her so much.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 March 2023 source ↗