“I think I'm naturally irresponsible because when I was a young athlete I was successful quite early in my career and everything came too easily to me. I soon found that if I was out with 10 people for dinner in a restaurant, I would be the person picking up the bill. It would happen often and I liked the power of 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.