54 Quotes by Diane Abbott

Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn’t quite have.

I’m a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.

I don’t think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.

I’m not thick-skinned at all, and of course I’m hurt by people attacking me as a person.

Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children – clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer?

I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn’t.

It’s very lonely bringing up a child on your own.

Finally, there’s a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.

There are 101 websites out there for debate – this was a blatant last attempt to get someone to stand against Gordon Brown.