You learn from mistakes..

I want to write a best-selling book..

I want a Labour Party that is more democratic, more open and listens to its members..

So long as the UK continues to maintain its own identity, it is my belief that the US and the UK should maintain close relations..

I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't..

I believe every abortion is a tragedy..

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing..

I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child..

It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own..

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

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 ni….

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 ….

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

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

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

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

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..

You can't defend the indefensible. Anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical..

My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city area….

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

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 an….