My father was a rags-to-riches businessman who came over in the Sixties with no money. On my mother's side, I am the… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
I wasn't born into one of the two main parties, but both my parents had a strong sense of social justice. — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
My father was a black, working-class man who arrived here with no money in his pocket from Nigeria; my mum came from… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
My father had hammered into me, you want to look after your family, you want a nice house, and you want to… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
My dad was this pint-sized Nigerian with an oversized personality. My mother is a tall six foot something Irish-English woman. Us walking… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
I think the first person to call me 'Britain's Obama' was Martin Bright at the New Statesman. Harriet Harman made the comparison once at… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
The reason I have been so outspoken on antisemitism is that racism is racism - and my family have been victims of it. — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
Requiring fund managers to disclose how they vote would increase accountability and mean that pensioners and ordinary investors would more easily be able to… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
Whether it is clamping down on tax avoidance by multinationals, setting ambitious targets for tackling climate change, or reforming the posted workers' directive to… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
Leaving the single market, making communities poorer and more alienated, is not the way to deal with public concerns about immigration, most of which… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
We do not just strive for a society in which every person has the opportunity to reach their full potential (all parties lay claim… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
Being outside the customs union would mean masses of new red tape, a desperate scramble for trade agreements and the re-emergence of a border… — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
I have a confession to make: I am a Labour parliamentary candidate but like and get on with some of the Conservative persuasion. — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
My stock answer when people ask 'Are you Britain's Barack Obama?' is 'I'm quite happy being Streatham's Chuka Umunna,' and I really mean that. — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
If truth be told, certainly culturally, I never felt totally comfortable in the Labour party, because I've never really been a massively tribal politician. — Chuka Umunna Copy Share Image
