The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.

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.

My meaning is, that no man can expect his children to respect what he degrades.

After every unladylike action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction. Consider the necessary, analyze the consequences, clean up the mess.

I said to you this day, that my life will move in a different way, to a successful place, were I will stay"!

It’s relatively easy to act nice and normal in front of a crowd, or in public. The tricky part is doing it in private.

The most formative time of our lives are the years between birth and age 21, when we explore who we are and learn from those who surround us.

So often, happiness is the extent to which we balance our grandiose expectations with reality.

To run an effective political party you need a degree of tribalism, it's the glue that holds everyone together.

The mind is the shadow of the light it seeks.

I am not for raising taxes on the American people in a soft economy.

Sit and reflect on life itself and you would discover that nothing happens by chance.