So long as the UK continues to maintain its own identity, it is my belief that the US and the UK should maintain close relations.

My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.

I believe every abortion is a tragedy.

In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

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.

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

My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain.