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?

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

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

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

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.

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