Diane Abbott

“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.”

“I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.”

“I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't.”

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