Forced marriage is slavery, for Govt to make victims pay for their freedom is immoral. Ministers need to put this right fast. Yvette Cooper More Quotes by Yvette Cooper More Quotes From Yvette Cooper I decided I don't want to go for the top job now. I could be working for another 25 years and I'd like to be reading bedtime stories to my children for another two or three years. Yvette Cooper reading jobs children We all support the idea of a strong marriage, we all clearly like a good party. Call us hopeless romantics, call it the triumph of hope over experience - most of us think when people love each other and want to make that long-term commitment, that is a wonderful thing. So why would we stop a loving couple getting married just because they are gay? Yvette Cooper party couple strong We must educate our sons to save our daughters Yvette Cooper educate daughter son Sexism in politics is nothing new when you're standing for election. But don't stand for election and it's almost as bad. Shockingly, David Cameron thought it acceptable to claim this week that my decision not to run for the Labour leadership was because my husband, Ed Balls, "stopped [me] from standing." Yvette Cooper husband decision running So on the Tuesday night deadline, while Abu Qatada was appealing to European Court judges, the Home Secretary, who thought the deadline was Monday night, was partying with "X Factor" judges. When the Home Secretary is accused of not knowing what day of the week it is, confusion and chaos have turned into farce. Yvette Cooper party monday home We are now in a really dangerous situation with a serious and growing risk of no-deal in 10 days' time, the Prime Minister has a responsibility to prevent that happening. She needs to put forward a proposal, including saying how long an extension she thinks we need to sort things out. Yvette Cooper top-news