A biography for Wes Streetinghasn’t been written yet.
“The vast majority of Labour members are decent people, but I think there is a small number of anti-Semites.”
“The civil war in Syria is complex and devastating.”
“A majority of voters in a majority of constituencies voted to leave the E.U. I wish it wasn't so.”
“Ideas must always be subjected to debate and challenge.”
“I grew up in the 80s with a single mum constantly struggling to get by on benefits, with a political establishment that derided single-parent families, and downplayed the hard work and poverty facing various aspects of Britain.”
“The party of Tony Benn and Tony Blair has always been a broad church.”
“God, if you believe in such a thing, doesn't need protection from criticism.”
“The single market is unique among international trade agreements. It eliminates 100 per cent of tariffs on all goods. Not even the best free trade agreements achieve that. And crucially, it harmonises rules and regulations which mean that there are no barriers to trade in services, which account for 80 per cent of our economy.”
“The students' union and the student body work hard to support the university in encouraging applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply to Oxford.”
“I grew up in poverty as a child, my parents had me when they were very young. They didn't have money growing up.”
“We need to be clear - leaving the single market will put trade and jobs at risk.”
“Change does not come easily to our party, in spite of its roots in our country's radical tradition.”
“It's time to wake up to the fact that being part of the single market is the best insurance policy we could have against a race to the bottom on wages, rights and protections that threaten British workers and that there is no 'jobs first Brexit' without it.”
“At times of economic upheaval and hardship, history tells us that people can become fearful and resentful.”
“The failure of state education in so many white working class areas is utterly unacceptable. Not to talk about it or to have any answers for how we overcome it, equally so. Nor should we be tackling educational inequality affecting white working class kids at the expense of tackling the disadvantage facing young people from other backgrounds.”
“My mum was a lone parent at the age of 18, bringing up a son in the 1980s. The benefits system put food in the fridge.”
“I have been a national president who gets the job done and who listens and leads effectively. My first term was about dragging the NUS kicking and screaming into the 21st century to make it more effective and representative.”
“In an era of 'fake news' the role of trained and professional journalists has never been more important.”
“I was born in Tower Hamlets in London Hospital, Mile End. I grew up in Stepney on a council estate and lived with my mum and only saw my dad on weekends.”
“Isn't it obvious that the peddling of such racial stereotypes is deeply offensive?”