100 Quotes by David Lammy

When I was a young child and before he had left us for the U.S., my father would give me Mark Twain novels. In the characters, the weather and the context, my father must have seen many parallels to his own youth in the Caribbean in the 1930s and 40s.

Supporting Spurs is a bit like being in the Labour Party. It's a labour of love, believe me.

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.

I grew up under Thatcher; the era of apartheid; the era of the poll tax; the era of riots. I remember Neil Kinnock was a hero.

Separate but equal is a fraud.

I think that's always something when you're working class, when you're aware of things that you haven't had; there are moments when you question yourself, definitely.

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

I'm a prolific tweeter. It allows me to respond to the news of the day or comment on something Jacob Rees-Mogg has said on behalf of my constituents.

My wife does all the driving.