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?

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

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.

I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.

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?