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People ask whether I put the politics first, journalism first or the comedy first it doesn't really matter. I'm just playing with the cards that I have been dealt because I really love doing what I do.

Mark Thomas

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Mark Thomas
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: April 11
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London
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I do love the idea of being able to take an MP to court for lying. There are ways and means of taking an MP to court just now, but it is very difficult.
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Gloucestershire police must be the envy of the human rights-abusing cop world. From Turkey to Indonesia they will say, 'Kidnapping peace protestors! How did they get away with that one?'
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The essence of Christianity, as I see it, is love. The essence of Humanism (and I'm also a Humanist) is love. At that level, we're not far apart.
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The world looks like it was designed. Of course, the Sun also looks like it goes around the Earth. It is only thru science that we know that both of these perceptions are wrong.
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Christians often threaten atheists with eternal torture. But if we say that they're delusional, they will tell us that we're being rude.
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Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.
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People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot every four years, it's about deciding what you want and fighting for it.
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There is little difference in the knowledge held by those who can't learn and those who won't.
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The only deadline is the one I give myself.
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One can only guess the amount of magic mushrooms a sane person would have to consume to believe that a frisbee constituted a genuine threat to roughly 3,000 police officers.
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We tend to think of politicians as time-servers and slackers. But on those committees they usually have an interest in the subject. And they're quite clever. I've seen them pick people apart.
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Fundamentalists of different religions have more in common with each other than they do with the moderates of their own religions.
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I get called all kinds of things - an investigative comedian, a comedian activist - I've lost track of what my job title is.
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