ian anderson, welcome to political thinking. thanks, nick. good to be with you.ow, after years of operating behind the scenes in westminster, you and i have come across each other over decades of nine years. why on earth did you want to walk into this minefield? well, firstly, you're making me feel very old. upfront? yeah. i've been doing this for a long time. quite simply, stonewall changed my life. the raison d'etre for the creation of stonewall was when a government was passing a piece of legislation. a tory government was passing a piece of legislation which polled really well. you said it. it was called section 28. what did it do? it banned the promotion of, as i think i remember, pretend family relationships in school. my life is not a pretend relationship. and stonewall has gone on to not just help repeal that legislation, but allow lgbtq+ people to thrive in society. so i'm thrilled to take this on. it's challenging. you said it, but it's important work. but for you, therefore this organisation now chair took you — and we'll discuss this journey in a few