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01Undated

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

Diane Abbott / quote

02Undated

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

Diane Abbott / quote

03Undated

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.

Diane Abbott / quote

04Undated

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.

Diane Abbott / quote

05Undated

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

Diane Abbott / quote