“I was 21 and lining up in an Olympic final trying to fulfil a dream and get an Olympic medal. It launched me on to the world stage and put me in the spotlight. I would never ever have thought that this would be the only Olympic medal in my career. I cannot help it if I got hurt and things didn't go well. I've just got to live with 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.