Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.

Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.

I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.

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

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

Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.

My family were from Jamaica.