My introduction to the Labour Party is similar to that of many others. Twenty-five years ago, my Uncle Tai Williams-Hewett took me along to what was my first Labour Party event, at the Terrace End School hall, as part of Steve's and former MP Jill White's campaign. I remember the inevitable Labour Party raffle at the door, I remember my first Labour Electorate Committee meeting, and I remember how inclusive the party was to this teenage boy, and that was the start of my involvement with the party. The principles and values that attracted me to join our party more than 20 years ago are the same important ones that underpin the Labour Party today, those of equal access and opportunity, fairness, social justice, inclusiveness, and kindness.