David Lammy: “the killing and destruction must stop.”

I think that what the public want to see, understandably, if you've committed a crime, is punishment, but they also want to see rehabilitation, and so I tend to talk about punishment that works, and the emphasis on works is important.

I said, ‘Look, Mr vice-president, you’re wrong about this’.

the first purpose of any Government

the most resilient person I have ever met in my life