David Lammy

At school, I was frequently subjected to racial abuse.

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As a young man, I was angry about all things legal.

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My wife does all the driving.

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Leadership is about tough choices.

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Separate but equal is a fraud.

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I've got a very full life beyond my career.

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A loving family matters. So do male role models.

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If we want to raise the aspirations of young men, we should be praising their achievements, not talking them down.

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Prejudice is not just a personal sentiment - it can be institutional too.

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There were a lot of things I thought of doing as I was growing up, from becoming a singer to a priest…

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I tend not to read fiction - I'll read one novel a year during the summer - but I do read a…

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We will not achieve gender equality in the workplace until we fix our system of parental leave.

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Mum worked nonstop, doing two, sometimes three, jobs throughout the 80s.

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Too much of the Brexit rhetoric is based on the desire to go out and re-create Empire.

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My biggest fear growing up was that I would end up in prison. That was the fate of growing numbers of my…

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I spend much of my time in a suit and tie with my top button done up and my sensible shoes neatly…

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I remember singing as a chorister in Peterborough Cathedral, having won a music scholarship to go to school there, and realising for…

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Ultimately, we must either abandon our reliance on stop and search or abandon any hope for a criminal justice system grounded in…

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My father was a taxidermist, not a run-of-the-mill profession for a West Indian immigrant. Having given up on becoming a vet, he…

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It is the responsibility of all of us to create a culture that encourages and enables fathers to spend more time with…

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In Britain, we ought to be in a position where doctors and therapists are able to prescribe mindfulness, acupuncture, osteopathy de rigueur,…

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The ingrained image of black men being searched by the police feeds into the collective illusion that black men everywhere need to…

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White supremacy is not confined to strange men in the Deep South who put on white cloaks, it is not confined to…

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I have very eclectic tastes. I love soul and Motown; I listen to some rap - Stormzy, Tinie Tempah, Drake. I also…

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Many black youths are defying stereotypes, achieving good academic results, finding employment and contributing to their communities. But helping those who fall…

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I think it's very realistic to think we could provide additional protection for renters because for many people - renting is now…

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Reading international law at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London was a wonderful experience. With its incredibly diverse student…

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I hope we get a real diversity in perspectives from the good, the bad and the ugly. I love living in London…

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We look around at our national politicians, we do not see national politicians who are without fault. And, actually, we see quite…

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While at Harvard, I was struck by the palpable sense of noblesse oblige that surrounds their sophisticated outreach and bursary programmes. It…

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The great thing about running is that so often you wake up and you think: 'I really don't feel like this.' And…

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To tackle the scourge of young unemployment we need to be ambitious.

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Football is a great way for me to catch up with my sons, and to let off some steam from my professional…

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I'm a legislator, but it's hard to legislate when my party's out of power.

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I like the state of being self-aware, it's interesting when you start to look at your own habits.

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We cannot have different policing for different communities. It is inherently unfair.

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I'm not one of those people for which politics is my sole preoccupation.

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The pressures of being an MP mean free time is a very rare luxury.

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I know what to say, how to say it, how to bring profile to the issues I care about and people want…

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Family policy is not a zero-sum game: any gain for dads need not come at the expense of mums.

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