Diane Abbott

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.

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

Puritanical attempts to cure society by taking toys away from children are hypocritical and futile.

Defending a free and open global Internet requires a broad-based global movement with the stamina to engage in endless - and often highly technical - national and international policy battles.

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.