Civil service Quote by David Lammy

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

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

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

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

For even the most seasoned observers of American politics, Barack Obama is a phenomenon.

— David Lammy

Unemployed people should be treated as potential to be realised, not a problem to be solved.

— David Lammy

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

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

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

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

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

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