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

Let's talk about the real issues of crime which people are worried about. What people are worried about is the rise in violent crime. We believe that more community policemen and women are part of the answer to this.

It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.

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

I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't.

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

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