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David Lammy
10 quotes
“This tweet from the BBC is crass and unnecessary. Do we really need silly innuendo about the race of the next Pope?”
David Lammy (born 1972) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Twitter, 12 March 2013, as reported by the BBC. Lammy was confused by the black and white smoke used in papal conclaves.
“He is a white, upper-middle class man who I suspect has never, ever visited a tower block housing estate and certainly hasn't slept the night on the 20th floor of one... It is a shame we couldn't find a woman to lead this inquiry or indeed an ethnic minority to lead the inquiry in 2017.”
David Lammy (born 1972) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Criticising the appointment of Sir Martin Moore-Bick to lead the Grenfell Tower inquiry. July 2017
“as Caribbean people we are not going to forget our history — we don't just want to hear an apology, we want reparation!”
David Lammy (born 1972) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 19 April 2018
“I am here, because you were there. We are here, because you were there.”
David Lammy (born 1972) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Facebook post, 30 April 2018
“My own career in law and politics owes so much to the U.S., which gave me the honor of becoming the first black Briton to study at Harvard Law School. The land of the free has overwhelmingly been a force for progress around the world. When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke of his dreams for emancipation in the 1950s and 1960s, he empowered black people far beyond America’s 50 states.”
David Lammy (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The president's threats to NATO and the U.N. are no more logical than arson. His trade wars with the E.U. and China could trigger the next great economic crisis of our times. Trump is not only a woman-hating, neo-Nazi-sympathizing sociopath. He is also a profound threat to the international order that has been the foundation of Western progress for so long.”
David Lammy (born 1972) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I'm a British Lawmaker. Here's Why I'm Protesting Trump’s Visit to the U.K.", Time (10 July 2018)
“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.”
David Lammy (born 1972) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tweets, as cited in "'White saviour' row: David Lammy denies snubbing Comic Relief", The Guardian (28 February 2019)
“I would say that that wasn't strong enough... I don't care how elected they were: so was the far right in Germany.”
David Lammy (born 1972) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When asked if comparing the European Research Group to the Nazi Party was an "unacceptable comparison". Interview with Andrew Marr, April 2019
“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.”
David Lammy (born 1972) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From a speech at the Hudson Institute, Washington DC (8 May 2024), as cited in "Donald Trump often misunderstood on Nato, says Labour's David Lammy", BBC News (9 May 2024)
“We cannot be blown off course by an imperialist fascist" (Talking about Vladimir Putin)”
David Lammy (born 1972) first seen 2024 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Becky Morton, Ukraine missile request under discussion - Lammy, BBC news, 15 September 2024.