Questions about ... well anything, really

Here's a hypothetical question about Danbert and Boff and the Fireman's strike and it goes like this... If Danbert were trapped on the fourth floor of a burning building and could only be saved by a ladder from a scab fireman, would Boff choose to let him burn or be saved by the scab who crossed the picket line and raised his ladder up?
Well, if it was only Danbert I'd go and watch telly while he burned, obviously. No, there's a thing though about hypothetical questions, which I can best answer by quoting the man himself, Mr Errico Malatesta: "That's all very well, some say, and anarchy may be a perfect form of human society, but we don't want to take a leap in the dark. Tell us, therefore, in detail, how your society will be organised. And there follows a whole series of questions...What methods will be used to teach children? How will production be organised? And supposing all the inhabitants of Siberia should want to spend the winter in Nice? And if everyone were to want to eat partridge, and drink wine from the Chianti district? And who will do a miner's job or be a seaman? And who will empty the privies? And who will establish the railway timetable? And what will be done if an engine-driver has a stomach ache while the train is moving..? And so on to the point of assuming that we have all the knowledge and experience of the unknown future, and that in the name of anarchy, we should prescribe for future generations at what time they must go to bed, and on what days they must pare their corns"

In a Polish newspaper a journalist wrote that you were squatters. Is it true ? Also, what is your view on patriotism and catholicism?
We used to be squatters in the eighties but had to start paying rent after about six years. These days the law is almost always on the side of landlords so it's quite difficult for people to squat - even though there's very little affordable housing and landlord's are notoriously greedy and ruthless. After selling so many records I think it would be a bit mercenary of us to occupy one of the few squats around to avoid forking out for housing. We're in the lucky position of having enough money to buy a home and can therefore opt out of having to pay landlords. Samuel Johnson said: "Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels." I'd go along with that, and as for Catholicism... I don't believe a word of it.

I would like to know something about your eating habits, and perhaps your best recipe.
Eating habits? Does that mean, are we vegetarians or not? Some are, some aren't. Most don't smoke, one does. Some take drugs, some don't. Some wear Adidas trainers, some don't. Recipe... Uh-oh. I'm not speaking on behalf of Chumbawamba here. Best recipe: pasta. Twenty minutes from start to finish, tomato sauce, quorn soya, garlic, onions, carrots, basil and spaghetti. Carbo-loading.

I was wondering what you think of music award shows. I would also like to know your views on euthanasia, abortion and extra-terrestrials.
Hmmm. You throw in some completely disparate ideas there. Music award shows. Well, they're basically rubbish aren't they? We did do one once in Britain and we made sure that we would never be invited back Euthanasia. That's an essay's worth of discussion at least. We need to sit down and talk about this, you and I. It's too complex for me to either give a short and concise Chumbawamba answer to or to toss off some glib joke about. Abortion has become a legitimate battlefield for the Christian moralists who don't care much about most other 'moral' questions. Abortion is a sometimes necessary thing. Abortion is sometimes necessary because we live in a world where young people aren't educated about pregnancies. A world without full employment, without equality of opportunity. Where the gap between rich and poor is growing, and where poverty dictates whether a child will have a fair chance to grow in a safe and healthy environment. Abortion is an issue we feel has to be dealt with by the woman, not by a patriarchal middle-class church or by a patriarchal middle-class political party. Extra-terrestrials? They're out of this world! He said, tossing off a glib joke.