Diane Abbott

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

I knew what could happen to my son if he was sent to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd.

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 judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective.