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

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

I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.

My family were from Jamaica.

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

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

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?