Labour MP David Lammy has hailed the election of US vice president elect Kamala Harris, after she became the first woman – and first woman of colour – to take the role.

Speaking to Yahoo’s White Wine Question Time podcast, Lammy said: “It makes me emotional because my six-yeasr-old can look at Kamala and dream dreams that weren’t possible before.”

The MP praised president-elect Joe Biden, calling him “the absolute opposite of Donald Trump”.

Lammy told the podcast: “I have a lot of time for Joe Biden, I’ve met him a couple of times. He is a personable, charming, empathetic kind of guy. He cares.”