My family were from Jamaica.

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.

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.

My father was a manual worker.

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.

I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person.