"Politics needs to catch up with what's happening in our communities really quickly," explained Ian Byrne.
The West Derby MP spoke to the ECHO from a secluded corridor in St George's Hall at the start of September. Just metres away you heard the roar of hundreds of people gathered for the first rally of the Enough is Enough movement in Liverpool.
The fast-moving campaign had been announced just weeks before after launching its mission statement at a rally in Clapham, London. The group, which gained a following of 500,000 people in less than a month, said it was determined to "push back against the misery forced on millions".
