British - Politician | September 27, 1953 -
Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have.
Diane Abbott
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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.
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Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.
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I believe every abortion is a tragedy.
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Tackling childhood obesity is key.
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My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.
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In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.
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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.
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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.
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You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
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My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.
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Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.
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