If there could be a double of me to look after my child when I’m working.
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What keeps you awake at night?
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Maybe Kate Moss.
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My life is wonderful – I can’t ask for one more thing.
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Nothing, because it’s up to me how I feel. I’ve been a millionaire three times and I still wanted to kill myself.
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A Reform government.
Getting elected with 85% of the vote.
Nothing. Tony Benn, one of my favourite politicians, said, “I don’t care where you’ve been, I care where you’re going.”
Catching Covid. I don’t think any of us know what we’re messing with still to this day.
I would say something earnest like stopping the far right, but the truth is nothing keeps me awake at night.
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