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.

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

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

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.