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“It might be easy to brush away the febrile atmosphere online as a nasty byproduct of free expression: it's less easy when it happens to you.”
“Boris Johnson needs to be challenged, with passion, heart and precision.”
“I had pneumonia when I was 18 months old and I was given penicillin, which I was allergic to, and since then my teeth have been yellow.”
“I like to go camping with my kids. I've got an amazing group of friends. Just like any 30-year-old woman I like to go out dancing, eating food, drinking with my mates, like any normal person.”
“The greatest lie that was ever told is that I'm some sort of rightwinger.”
“In an election campaign, sleep is for the weak.”
“I don't know how all of my friends vote; it doesn't come up. But it would be a lie to say that I don't surround myself with people who have a similar moral code to mine.”
“Ken Livingstone appears incapable of contrition. That is why he must be thrown out of the Labour party. He is so certain he is right about everything, he won't come close to change.”
“I am Left-wing. I am a socialist. I believe in sharing wealth. There's no two ways about it.”
“I like second chances; I've had a few myself.”
“I've made a career out of being able to talk about difficult things, and that comes from growing up in an environment where nothing was embarrassing.”
“I've carried witty banners against laws that would curtail my freedoms.”
“I under no circumstances want to be seen as a victim. I have worked with victims of sexual violence and I don't have a candle to hold to the experiences of those victims.”
“Our challenge is to restore both trust in Labour as a party of government and trust in democracy as the best means of delivering what the public wants.”
“My favourite film is probably 'Star Wars'. I do love 'Starship Troopers', it is a great film but it's not a film I watch over and over again. Whereas 'Star Wars' I've watched over and over again all my life, and it's a film I can tolerate watching with my children.”
“I am apoplectic that people no longer expect progress because for so long they have worn the clothes of decline.”
“To be honest, I've always been forthright.”
“I have felt the force of what governments can do. I remember my elder son being in the first cohort of kids who got a free nursery place, I remember the palliative care my mother got at home as I watched her die.”
“Today we're more distanced from each other, the bonds formed at the local shop replaced by the massive supermarket or the stressed driver thrusting a package through a letterbox. Instead of meeting in pubs, more of us sit at home with supermarket wine and Netflix.”
“I'm a believer in forgiveness. I have worked with people who have been in gangs and now dedicate their lives to helping inner city kids. I've run offender services with teachings of responsibility, empathy and understanding of the victims at their heart. I've seen people change.”