Tackling childhood obesity is key.

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.

We cannot protect ourselves from disappointment and still live a fully engaged life.

Look at the people around you. Some Inspire you, some Perspire you. Be with those that build Energy in you.-RVM

Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from the mainstream.

I wanted to make abstract films that are emotional, and I still do.

Who is moving in the distance? It is the clock's pendulum, Hired by the god of death To measure life.

Then as I got older, I always gravitated towards the hard stuff, Born To Be Wild, then Black Sabbath

There have been situations where the people you're around have one vision for you, and it's like trying on a jacket that doesn't fit.

Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her.

The world we want is an enormous responsibility.

Sometimes I think the environment in which we operate is entirely too secular. The fact that we have freedom of religion doesn't mean we need to try to have freedom from religion