You can't defend the indefensible. Anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.

I want to write a best-selling book.

My family were from Jamaica.

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

Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.

I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.

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.