Supporting Spurs is a bit like being in the Labour Party. It’s a labour of love, believe me. David Lammy Read Quote
If we want to raise the aspirations of young men, we should be praising their achievements, not talking them down. David Lammy Read Quote
White supremacy is not confined to strange men in the Deep South who put on white cloaks, it is not confined to strange gatherings of the English Defence League. David Lammy Read Quote
Like many black men growing up in London, I have been stopped and searched by several policemen. I was 12 years old when I was first groped and frisked by police for walking down the road. It terrified me so much I wet myself. David Lammy Read Quote
I knew what it was to be poor… my mother worried about putting food on the table. I knew what it was to feel excluded and shut out, but I also knew what it was to experience love and generosity. David Lammy Read Quote
A good society is characterised not just by liberty but by mutual respect and responsibility. When this breaks down it takes a lot more than police officers to put things right. David Lammy Read Quote
Music, dance, literature and the visual arts open up a rich and intensely rewarding world. It is a world that should not be the preserve of the few. David Lammy Read Quote
Plenty of people are intrigued by their family history. Growing up as the son of West Indian immigrants who moved to London in the 1950s and 60s, I was especially fascinated by anecdotes about the lives of my Guyanese relatives, which seemed a million miles away from Tottenham’s Broadwater Farm estate. David Lammy Read Quote
