Gavin Esler Quotes
This is the only life I'm ever going to have, so shouldn't I at least try to be happy?
Esler, Gavin. "Q&A: Gavin Esler." The Guardian, Guardian News & Media, 23 Aug. 2014.
This is a strong belief of Conservatives In America. Many of them erroneously believe that all Liberals advocate the government being responsible for everyone’s happiness. The reason that this quotation is important is not for the statement that has been made thousands of times by others, but because in this case it is made by an extreme Liberal. Trumbo was one of the Liberal victims of McCarthyism, the Red Scare and the Hollywood Blacklist because he refused to testify before the Congressional Committees regarding other people’s political beliefs and affiliations. He has long espoused Liberal causes and was extremely influential writing two Academy Award winning screenplays which were awarded to other screenwriters who were fronting for him as he was Blacklisted as a member of the original “Hollywood 10”.
Gavin William James Esler is a Scottish journalist, television presenter and author. He was a main presenter on BBC Two's flagship political analysis programme, Newsnight, from January 2003 until January 2014, and presenter of BBC News at Five on the BBC News Channel. Since 2014 he has served as the Chancellor of the University of Kent. On 11 March 2017, Esler confirmed via his Twitter profile that he would be leaving the BBC at the end of the month to concentrate on his writing activities. He returned to the BBC later that year as host of Talking Books.
