Because when you watch US television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.

Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.

White people love playing 'divide & rule'. We should not play their game.

Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer?

Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have.

I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.

I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.

It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past.

The depth of consciousness widens our breadth of understanding and makes us uniconscious.

If you can sit with your pain, listen to your pain and respect your pain — in time you will move through your pain.

I prefer noodles when they're raw, they taste just as good, but reward you with a satisfying crunch...

The law is not designed to make us honorable, only bearable.

To those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.

Whether you like it or not, Paris is the beating heart of Western civilisation. It's where it all began and ended.

Operator! Give me the number for 911!

It is an impertinent and unreasonable fault in conversation for one man to take up all the discourse.

It's always better to sacrifice your opponent's men

I have about nine guitars in all, so obviously I'm into collecting.