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Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

~Diane Abbott

Topics: Critical Debates Even Health Mental Mental Health Missing Often Public Public Health Though Wellbeing

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My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

~Diane Abbott

Topics: Am Background Cane Cut Owners Plantation Product Refused Sugar I Am

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

~Diane Abbott

Topics: Christmas Developed Dogs Fear Morbid Postman

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You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.

~Diane Abbott

Topics: Anything Defend Hypocritical Say Self-Serving Sounds You

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You learn from mistakes.

~Diane Abbott

Topics: Learn Mistakes You

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Tackling childhood obesity is key.

~Diane Abbott

Topics: Childhood Key Obesity Tackling

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Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have.

~Diane Abbott

Topics: Insider Insight Often Outsiders Quite

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My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain.

~Diane Abbott

Topics: Area Britain City Communities Confined Country Crime Gun Highest Highest Levels Inner Inner City Levels London Longer Over Problem Spread

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Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.

~Diane Abbott

Topics: Cause Crime Cultural Deeply Distress Entrenched Factors Fear Gun Isolated Issue Major Problem Range Social Therefore Throughout Uk Wide Wide Range

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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

Topics: Commons Difficulty Getting Government Honest Massacre Propose Still Through Truth Truth Is Were Would

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Politician

Born: September 27th, 1953

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