I was obsessed with Nelson Mandela. I had big posters of him in my bedroom and he became my proxy father figure. He was in jail, so I could project all sorts of things about what he would say to me. David Lammy Read Quote
We need specific work on race equality programmes and programmes targeted at helping those who are yet to fulfil their potential. David Lammy Read Quote
Many black youths are defying stereotypes, achieving good academic results, finding employment and contributing to their communities. But helping those who fall behind is not an exercise in political correctness, it is a precisely what a compassionate – and sensible – state should concern itself with. David Lammy Read Quote
Fathers need to be made aware of their responsibilities – and that’s up to all of us to communicate, as parents, as politicians and as members of a community. David Lammy Read Quote
For even the most seasoned observers of American politics, Barack Obama is a phenomenon. David Lammy Read Quote
People ‘demand’ the opportunity to gamble away money they do not have, just like people ‘demand’ money from loan sharks at extortionate interest rates. This is a warped, empty type of freedom, in which the powerful are free to exploit the vulnerable. David Lammy Read Quote
My biggest fear growing up was that I would end up in prison. That was the fate of growing numbers of my peers. David Lammy Read Quote
Many single mothers do a heroic job looking after their children, as mine did with us; but as she found, it becomes twice as hard to set boundaries with half the number of parents. David Lammy Read Quote
