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David Lammy Quotes

born 1972 England

David Lindon Lammy (born 19 July 1972) is a British politician and lawyer who served as Foreign Secretary from July 2024 to September 2025 and then Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor until July 2026. A member of the Labour Party, he was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tottenham at a by-election in 2000.

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Random David Lammy quote

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This tweet from the BBC is crass and unnecessary. Do we really need silly innuendo about the race of the next Pope?

You're going to struggle to find any politician in the Western world who hasn't had things to say in response to Donald Trump.

I am here, because you were there. We are here, because you were there.

"We cannot be blown off course by an imperialist fascist" (Talking about Vladimir Putin)

as Caribbean people we are not going to forget our history — we don't just want to hear an apology, we want reparation!

The world does not need any more white saviours.
As I’ve said before, this just perpetuates tired and unhelpful stereotypes. Let’s instead promote voices from across the continent of Africa and have serious debate.

I would say that that wasn't strong enough... I don't care how elected they were: so was the far right in Germany.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: David Lammy (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.