Joanna Lumley says "Less talk, more action" to politicians

Joanna Lumley is fed up with politicians treading water. The actor and campaigner, and latest guest on The Telegraph's Chopper's Politics podcast, is currently hoping to persuade the government and the green industry to change how they build offshore wind farms in order to protect marine life. But, as with many of her previously causes, she's getting a lot of positive noises but not much change.

The Absolutely Fabulous star tells chief political correspondent and podcast host, Christopher Hope, "What I hate most of all is people going 'something must be done'... Instead of 'I'll see to that, I'll take that on my shoulders and I'll do that.' So I think there's a particular kind of creeping wetness, lots and lots of titles, lots of gold epaulettes, as it were, and not much action. And like Elvis Presley, I like quite a lot of action."

Also on the podcast: Joanna tells us why she'd happy to have a vaccine passport, whether she could see theatres opening with half empty audiences, and plays a round of 'Patsy or Politician'.

Listen to Christopher Hope's full interview with Joanna Lumley on Chopper's Politics podcast using the audio player at the top of this article, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your podcast app.