“Unemployed people should be treated as potential to be realised, not a...” — David Lammy Quote

“Unemployed people should be treated as potential to be realised, not a problem to be solved.”

“I was obsessed with Nelson Mandela. I had big posters of him in my bedroom and he became my proxy father figure. He was in jail, so I could project all sorts of things about what he would say to me.”

“A university education is a privilege, but we should be proud that in Britain it is also a right, no matter what your income or class or ethnic background.”

“I must have been five or six when I realised all the stuff I was writing made sense with what I was playing on the piano.”

“I eventually realised you don't have to understand every single word, and that reading in your head doesn't have to be perfect. Once I took that pressure off, it gave me confidence.”

“I suppose I should have realised that the very fact I was still playing for United at 38 years old was a sign that there was not enough pressure on us senior players from those coming into the side.”