Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.

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.

Legislators are interested in their pet projects, getting re-elected, and popularity contests.

Remember that the people you are talking to are a hundred times more interested in themselves and their wants and problems than they are in you and your problems.

It's possible to do both as a writer - to engage and have a family and all that good stuff - and I chose not to for the sake of the career.

The more opportunities we have, the more likely we are to be able to handle the unexpected.

Numbers instill a feeling for the lie of the land, and furnish grist for the mathematical mill that is the physicist's principal tool.

As long as I have a studio with producers, I can make something everyday. And the people know what type of quality it's going to be.

You wanted to destroy philosophy and poetry in order to make room for religion and morality which you misunderstood: but you wereable to destroy only yourself.

Not every article in every magazine or newspaper is meant to be a valentine card addressed to every reader's self-esteem.

We have found it of paramount importance that in order to progress, we must recognize our ignorance and leave room for doubt.

I really loved when I started doing '70s Show,' though I had never acted before, so it was a great training ground being on a sitcom.