Luciana Berger

“We need to do more to raise awareness of perinatal mental health illness and address the stigma that still surrounds it in our society.”

“Since I was a teenager I have been standing up to antisemitism, racism and discrimination in all its forms.”

“No one anticipated the SNP wiping out Labour in Scotland in 2015.”

“Most people who rely on food banks are there through no fault of their own.”

“One anti-Semitic member of the Labour party is one member too many.”

“When the physical threat of coronavirus subsides, as it surely will, we must address the impact to our mental health.”

“We remain a country where a young person's chance of fulfilling their potential rests on the vagaries of where they were born and what their parents do, rather than their innate talent and ambition.”

“A failing social care system will have long-lasting repercussions for all, but it is women who are likely to be worst hit.”

“Anti-racism is one of our central values and there was a time not long ago when the left actively confronted anti-Semitism.”

“Social care from cradle to grave is a huge concern for us all.”

“Advertising has moved online, with the rise of the 'advergame.' These are compelling online games, often aimed at the under-15s, designed to promote a high-fat or high-sugar food or drink. Advergames are advertising disguised as entertainment. If they didn't work, the food and drink industry wouldn't be investing in them.”

“When I started my undergraduate course at Birmingham University, as a Jewish student it was a natural step to join the Union of Jewish Students (UJS).”

“We will not give up the fight to ensure that mental health is the given the priority it needs and deserves.”

“As a university student and activist, I was attacked from all quarters from the far right to the far left.”

“In 2008/9 26,000 people in the U.K. relied on emergency food aid from a foodbank; which was 26,000 too many.”

“Many people with mental illness suffer in silence, afraid to seek help for fear of victimisation.”

“The Liberal Democrats are unequivocal in wanting to stop Brexit and are committed to securing Britain's future as a tolerant, open and inclusive society.”

“All too easily I have had people dismiss food poverty as an affliction of the workless and idle, insinuating that it is a way of life only for those who choose it. Yet the reality couldn't be more different.”

“Time to Talk is all about tackling taboos and getting the nation talking about mental health.”

“There are a lot of myths about food banks, but the truth is that many people are increasingly having to turn to them just to put food on the table, including many in work.”