My Family Were From Jamaica.

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?

Outsiders Often Have An Insight That An Insider Doesn't Quite Have.

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.

Finally, There's A Sense In Which I Look At This Westminster Village And London Intelligentsia As An Outsider.

You Can't Defend The Indefensible. Anything You Say Sounds Self-serving And Hypocritical.