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

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

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.

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

My family were from Jamaica.

Because when you watch US television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

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.