“I suffered with bulimia and anorexia when I was training for the Olympics - I felt like I was overweight and eating too much. I had a job to do - and it was to run as fast as I could and I convinced myself that I had to be lighter to do it.”

British Labour Party politician, barrister, lecturer and writer

George Colin Jackson was a British Labour Party politician, barrister, lecturer and writer. He is remembered for his work in public life and for his writing, alongside a career that combined law, teaching and politics. Jackson belonged to the Labour tradition and worked across several fields. His background as a barrister and lecturer suggests a life shaped by argument, instruction and public service, while his writing adds to the record of a figure active in political and intellectual life.