Oh yeah, I'm an Essex boy and proud of it.

I don't think you should go into politics until you can stand on your own two feet economically, if possible, and you know enough about the world.

People-trafficking is modern day slavery. There are more slaves today than there were at the height of the slave trade.

It only takes around 60 seconds to cast your vote in the polling station. 60 seconds to protect the economy, 60 seconds to protect your jobs, 60 seconds to protect the services your family relies on. A lot is at stake during those 60 seconds.

The welfare system was designed to do something different when it was started than what it does now. It was a safety net to help people get back to work: if they were sick, it would help them get back.

Some people figure that if they're part of a gang then they have less of a chance of being killed, because they are in larger numbers. But the problem with this is that it will lead to people doing stuff that they wouldn't usually do.

War is not cheap, but it's the human cost that's the highest.