Diane Abbott was a firebrand – what happened?
No-one has ever described Diane Abbott as a riddle or a mystery, let alone an enigma. If ever an MP were frustratingly – or, ...
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Diane Abbott: They were determined to get rid of me the way they got rid of Jeremy Corbyn
Like her or not, no one can deny Diane Abbott is a trailblazer. She has scored several major accomplishments: the first black girl at her local grammar school, the first black woman at Newnham ...
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Diane Abbott says Keir Starmer's aides were intent on her 'humiliation' when they demanded she step down as an MP before the election - as she admits she is not friends with ...
John McTernan, who was Tony Blair's political secretary, said: 'It's not for the Labour Party to ban a woman with Diane Abbott's record from standing for the Labour Party if that's what she wishes ...
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“Diane Abbott’s treatment is appalling – no wonder women of colour aren’t going into politics”
In the midst of dealing with racist comments from a Tory political donor, MP Diane Abbott attended PMQs today ... I am a single woman and that makes me vulnerable anyway. But to hear someone ...
‘I was drawn to him’: Diane Abbott breaks silence on meeting Jeremy Corbyn for the first time
Diane Abbott has recalled her first meeting with Jeremy Corbyn in her new book, describing how the two young Labour activists ...
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Tory Party Accepts Another £5 Million From Donor Who Said Diane Abbott 'Should Be Shot'
The Tories have accepted another £5 million from a wealthy businessman who said Diane Abbott made him “want to hate all black women” and “should be shot”. It takes the amount of money the ...
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Diane Abbott: I would be sad if MP's career ends outside Labour, says Harman
One of Labour's most senior MPs has said she would be sad if Diane Abbott's career ends without her being readmitted to the parliamentary party. Ex-deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman told the BBC ...
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Neil Kinnock thought Black MPs were ‘an embarrassment’, claims Diane Abbott in memoir
In her book, A Woman Like Me, the MP for Hackney North ... was precisely the image he was trying to get away from.” Diane Abbott has claimed former Labour leader Neil Kinnock viewed his black ...
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Inside Diane Abbott’s war with Labour
In a text first published in 1991 and translated into English as “To Stay Alive”, Michel Houellebecq offered self-help advice ...
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Diane Abbott accuses Tories of 'paying lip service to fighting racism' after disgraced donor gave £5m
Labour MP Diane Abbott has accused the Conservatives of "paying lip service to fighting racism" after it accepted another £5m donation from controversial businessman Frank Hester. The chief ...
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Diane Abbott says Jeremy Corbyn's idea of a hot date was a trip to see Karl Marx's tomb as she tells all about their romance - including her horror when he revealed what he had ...
Diane Abbott has revealed Jeremy ... I was able to argue for at least one restaurant lunch.' Ms Abbott, the first black woman MP, further recalled a monastic, 'freezing' Christmas born from ...
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‘I was drawn to him’: Diane Abbott breaks silence on meeting Jeremy Corbyn for the first time
A Woman Like Me, Ms Abbott describes meeting Mr Corbyn for the first time at the 1978 Labour Party conference in Blackpool nine years before she was first elected to Parliament. Diane Abbott has ...