Diane Abbott Quotes & Sayings

“Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.”

“When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.”

“Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have.”

“I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.”

“You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.”

“Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.”

“I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.”

“In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.”

“Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.”

“I knew what could happen to my son if he was sent to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd.”