“First-past-the-post builds a direct relationship between a community a...” — Emily Thornberry Quote

“First-past-the-post builds a direct relationship between a community and their MP. Residents come together to decide who most people want as their national representative. No one has more than one vote and it has to be cast responsibly.”

“It is clear that too many bankers think that laws are for the little people.”

“White collar crime must be taken as seriously as any other crime.”

“It took LGBT activists 15 years to defeat section 28, but this is not a movement that's afraid of the long struggle. They know all progress is hard-fought, that discrimination against any individual anywhere is discrimination against all, and that the campaign for true, global equality must therefore be won one issue, case and country at a time.”

“It's often been said that politics in Islington, in many ways, begins and ends with housing, and it's not hard to see why. Despite the borough's image of exclusivity - the stereotype that it's all Georgian squares and cappuccino bars - the reality is much more complex.”

“We live in a world that builds people's expectations so high, so when the downside comes there is a knee-jerk reaction.”

“I don't think a true company - one that builds sustainable value - can ever only exist online or remotely.”

“Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down within incredible swiftness.”

“Sometimes you need other people to embody situations so that you can talk about things that for you are important. And I think that being able to hope for the future is what builds in us the strength to just get rid of things that, in the past, can hurt.”

“Make-up is the last thing to enhance your beauty, but it's very important because it builds up your self-confidence and gives you more courage.”

“When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets people to spend money when they see that energy, that things are happening.”