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?

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

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

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.

Tackling childhood obesity is key.

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

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.