Sure, I'm not Vanessa Redgrave. The point I'm very keen to make is that it's not party specific, I'm not, it's not what I do. There’s a traditionally held view that if you're trying to help poor people then you sit somewhere on the left of the political spectrum. I reject that view and I come at working with Christian Aid on the reduction of poverty from an entirely independent standpoint. I had to be quite careful out in Bolivia because many of the people I was being introduced to were natural supporters of Evo Morales and I was not there campaigning for Evo Morales... He did get the largest mandate in political history so it was an extraordinary time to be there – it was as interesting a place to go as I could imagine.

Of course. A little bit of a grasp of cause and effect is useful for everybody and if the way I live my life in London, with all the trappings of a capitalist northern European city then, you know, I - I think it's just right to know a little bit about ... where did my coffee come from and how did it get here? I drink coffee every day of my life! And if I’m having bananas on my muesli every morning, where are my bananas coming from? But am I saintly? F.. - far from it. There are small changes one can adapt to in one's life. I might sound like an unlikely candidate by some of the things I say but …. I do have an urge quite often to stick a finger in the eye of political correctness...

There were three people. Maxima Cari, a mother of three. Privatisation of the water system has made water access cripplingly expensive..she had to dig an 8 metre well with her own hands to get a meagre supply of filthy muddy water. Second, seeing Carlos Rojas, of neighbourhood association Fejuve, recall the gas riots of 2003. His passion was extraordinary. Finally the farmer I met near Lake Titicaca, Abraham Mamani, a dairy farmer, who wanted a process… where he could more directly profit from his milk but there was a monopoly on the market from one firm. Yet, at the same time, he couldn’t have been happier than doing what he was doing. I imagined myself milking the cows at six every morning being just as happy – although that’s rubbish, as I probably wouldn’t last a week. 

I think they're two different things. I think if you are politicised from a young age and you want to campaign, instinctively you feel that's what you want to do, then that's what you should do. Artists in all media are compelled to do what they do equally or perhaps even more strongly than anyone else. Actors have to act because they have to.The ideal situation is to have successful artists campaigning, who are already fulfilled to a degree by what they've created and can use the confidence that they've gained from their artistic endeavours to do something more political.

Trade Justice - definitely. There are friends of mine who studied international politics and say I think it's great what you're doing, good luck, you're on hiding to nothing.But I’m still at an exploratory stage, learning about the issues, I want to learn more about the issues.