Molly Scott Cato Quotes

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Nuclear weapons are obsolete in an era of asymmetric warfare and cyber warfare and have no place in a European defense policy for the 21st century. Britain and France have ignored their obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons for far too long.

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You should not be able to be thrown out of your home of 30 years because you can't find documents you never knew you would have to keep.
On immigrants

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Although President Trump operates like an authoritarian leader, he is actually subject to a system of checks and balances, meaning that Congress, rather than Trump, will decide what sort of trade deal we will have with the US if we proceed with Brexit.

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The stakes couldn't be higher. The burning of the Amazon places the planet on red alert. Bolsonaro is encouraging this torching of the forest to appease his agricultural paymasters so they can use the land for beef cattle and soy. He is guilty of ecocide and politicians across the globe must stand up to this environmental criminal.

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This government is really dangerous; it is undermining democracy. The rot will spread. It has become normalized. Talking about a coup has been normalized. Cabinet members are contravening the safeguards needed to make democracy work.

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This is a new era. As campaigners, we used to say, 'the rules are bad and in the interests of the rich'. But now we are clinging on to any rules at all. Those people [who populate] the power structures that we have grown up with have not grasped what is going on. Power has just vanished [from democratic institutions].

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If someone is being rude to a black person on the train, it is your job to challenge that person even if you do get punched in the face. We must always challenge behavior and speech which is othering certain groups.

Molly Scott Cato