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One grandad bill served in the royal navy during the second world war, had a career as a civil engineer, was a sort of working—class tory, a sort of pull yourself up by your bootstraps kind of working—class tory who only ever voted liberal to keep labour out in tower hamlets. very proud of queen and country. i get a lot of my christian faith from him, a lot of my patriotism and views on law and order and those sorts of issues from him. very different to the other bill... you can say that aga...

He always looked out for me. he really, really fed my love of learning. he would come and collect me from school every friday afternoon and he would be fully suited and booted, and he would come to church on friday afternoons. because we had our school service on friday afternoon. and, i mean, my friends love him as well. he was just a truly great and inspirational man. you say that he was a working—class tory, that he only voted liberal to keep labour out. what do you think he would think of ...

He is without doubt the single most influential, important person in my life. and he was only in my life for a quarter of my life so far. he died when i was 11, which was, without doubt, the single worst day of my life. and he was the most loving, supportive grandparent you could ask for. he always looked out for me. he really, really fed my love of learning. he would come and collect me from school every friday afternoon and he would be fully suited and booted, and he would come to church on fr...

Rather than in parliament? i think statistically i was more likely to end up in prison than in parliament. so i come from two, in their own ways, traditional, stereotypical east end families that could not be more different. and that difference is probably best summed up with my two grandfathers, both called bill. one grandad bill served in the royal navy during the second world war, had a career as a civil engineer, was a sort of working—class tory, a sort of pull yourself up by your bootstra...