“When I started earning money as a teenager, I gave some to my parents so that I wouldn't spend it straight away. And every time I won money in a race they reminded me it would only take a pulled muscle or a broken leg and I would have to stop and wouldn't be earning. So I started to make sure I saved.”

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.