Diane Abbott
I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.Collection: Christmas
Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.Collection: Health
You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.
Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.
Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have.
Tackling childhood obesity is key.
I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.
My father was a manual worker.
My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.
Abortion is an issue of conscience for the Labour party.
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.
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.
The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.
My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.
When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.
I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person.
I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't.
It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.
Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.
Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.
In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.
You learn from mistakes.
I knew what could happen to my son if he was sent to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd.
I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.
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.
I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.
My family were from Jamaica.
I want to write a best-selling book.
I believe every abortion is a tragedy.
White people love playing 'divide & rule'. We should not play their game.Collection: Games
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?Collection: Jobs
You can't defend the indefensible. Anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.Collection: Self
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.Collection: Party
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.Collection: Long
I want a Labour Party that is more democratic, more open and listens to its members.Collection: Party
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.Collection: Real
There is no reason why the US and the UK cannot have close relations.Collection: Reason Why
There are 101 websites out there for debate - this was a blatant last attempt to get someone to stand against Gordon Brown.Collection: Lasts
Because when you watch US television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.Collection: Watches