A biography for Grant Shappshasn’t been written yet.
“I believe that enabling former service personnel to travel more easily is the least we can do.”
“I went to Manchester poly for two years.”
“I've always thought that the level of homelessness in society is likely to be a truer measure of how civilised we are then almost any other factor.”
“People like me - who set up a homelessness foundation, worked with all the homeless charities, authored probably six of seven homelessness papers - don't make changes without thinking through the impact of them on the homeless.”
“Representing the people of Welwyn Garden City makes me intensely proud.”
“I always think there's some value in saying no with a smile.”
“I suspect I have a relationship with my religion which will seem slightly weird to people who don't understand me.”
“I think it is absolutely inevitable that Palestinians will, and have to, have their own state.”
“The more the government has centralised, the less houses we have built.”
“It is ludicrous to suggest that we would ever do things that would end with people living on our streets.”
“I've always been quite driven so it wasn't like the cancer was my wake-up call.”
“Struggling to start a small business is all-encompassing. It is a 24-hour job that places strain on those involved. As well as worrying about your own mortgage and kids, you worry about those of your staff.”
“I like being Jewish and I married a Jewish girl. It's like a way of life and it's good to be able to instil some of that sense of being in your kids. All of that makes me seem as though I am quite observant but actually the flipside of this is I don't know if there is a God or not.”
“Chemo is properly punishing, and it's hard to do things at the usual level.”
“Political shenanigans come and go, yet often what feels like a big deal in Westminster fails to get a mention on the news. As a result, the public wisely let most of the hurly-burly of politics wash over their heads.”
“Every part of society should honour the debt we owe those who've served our country.”
“When I was starting a small printing shop in Wembley, I vividly remember coming out of the cinema, realising I had spent the two hours worrying about that month's payroll, rather than focusing on the film.”
“We must formulate policies to allow everyone to have the same opportunities in life and fix our broken society too.”
“When I was setting up my own business in my early 20s I'd get up early and work every hour I could stay awake.”
“One of the cruellest things of all is to have a huge deficit in this country, meaning that everyone's children will be expected to pay back for our debt today. That is unfair as well.”