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?

I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.

I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person.

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

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

There is no reason why the US and the UK cannot have close relations.

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 areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain.