His parents emigrated to the UK from Jamaica in 1957 and worked as a coal miner in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, from 1965 to 1987.
ພໍ່ແມ່ຂອງລາວໄດ້ຍົກຍ້າຍໄປອັງກິດຈາກຈາໄມກາໃນ 1957 ແລະເຮັດວຽກເຫມືອງແຮ່ໃນ Gedling, Nottinghamshire, ຈາກ 1965 ຫາ 1987.