Był przeciwnikiem obecności Wielkiej Brytanii w Unii Europejskiej.
Otrzymał tytuł doktora honoris causa University of North London (1998), Birmingham City University (1999), Staffordshire University (2001), London South Bank University (2003), University of Exeter (2006), University of Westminster (2006) oraz University of Birmingham (2008).
Twórczość literacka Poezja Pen Rhythm (1980) The Dread Affair: Collected Poems (1985; Arena) City Psalms (1992; Bloodaxe Books) Inna Liverpool (1992; AK Press) Talking Turkeys (1995; Puffin Books) Propa Propaganda (1996; Bloodaxe Books) Funky Chickens (1997; Puffin) School's Out: Poems Not for School (1997; AK Press) Funky Turkeys (Audiobook) (1999; AB hntj) White Comedy Wicked World! (2000; Puffin) Too Black, Too Strong (2001; Bloodaxe Books) The Little Book of Vegan Poems (2001; AK Press)
Proza Face (1999; Bloomsbury) Refugee Boy (2001; Bloomsbury) gangsta rap (2004; Bloomsbury) Teacher’s Dead (2007; Bloomsbury) Terror Kid (2014; Bloomsbury)
Książki dla dzieci We are Britain (2002; Frances Lincoln) Primary Rhyming Dictionary (2004; Chambers Harrap) J is for Jamaica (2006; Frances Lincoln) My Story (2011; Collins) When I Grow Up (2011;