I remember singing as a chorister in Peterborough Cathedral, having won a music scholarship to go to school there, and realising for… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
A good life depends on the strength of our relationships with family, friends, neighbours, colleagues and strangers. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Throughout her life my mother, Rose, prayed for good health. My father left when I was 12 and money was tight, so… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Football is a great way for me to catch up with my sons, and to let off some steam from my professional… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
When I make a contribution in debates and in our public life, the House wants to hear what I say. It goes… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Mum eventually graduated with a City & Guilds certificate that hung proudly on our living room wall throughout my childhood. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
A good society is characterised not just by liberty but by mutual respect and responsibility. When this breaks down it takes a lot more… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
For me, a hoodie is like a pair of slippers or pyjamas - something comfortable and well-worn that you can wear unthinkingly. Unless, of… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
I grew up under Thatcher; the era of apartheid; the era of the poll tax; the era of riots. I remember Neil Kinnock was… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Edgy' music has always formed the cornerstone to any teenage rebellion. Most indulge in it precisely because adults like me don't like them doing… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
For even the most seasoned observers of American politics, Barack Obama is a phenomenon. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Unemployed people should be treated as potential to be realised, not a problem to be solved. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
As I have consistently recommended, we desperately need to find more black judges, particularly females, who are chronically underrepresented in our courts across London… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Our political class obsesses over social mobility from one generation to the next - whether or not people are doing better than their parents… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
We should not let those with a political agenda use London's growing population to support their anti-immigration rhetoric, and we should challenge those who… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
People 'demand' the opportunity to gamble away money they do not have, just like people 'demand' money from loan sharks at extortionate interest rates.… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Let me speak frankly: separate but equal is a fraud. It is the language that tried to push Rosa Parks to the back of… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we must either abandon our reliance on stop and search or abandon any hope for a criminal justice system grounded in equality, impartiality… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
