David Lammy: “Of course, I’m angry, upset, deeply troubled that this young man has lost his life as a human being. That’s got nothing…”

I also urged him that it's not helpful to tweet in this way, partly because of what the Nowak family have asked for and reminded him about their desire not to make this an issue of division and hatred, but to make this an issue of common…

For centuries, the law failed to protect women from violence at the hands of their partner – whether from marital rape or from abuse behind closed doors. Whilst we’ve made significant progress, we need to continue righting these wrongs.

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.

Kemi Badenoch's attack on Bridget Phillipson at PMQs today lays bare something deeper about the direction of their politics.