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Mar 22, 2024 · Diane Abbott has said she is "glad" police are investigating alleged racist comments made by Conservative Party donor Frank Hester. The remarks, first reported by the Guardian, were said to have ...
Mar 13, 2024 · Diane Abbott 'frightened' after alleged remarks from Tory donor - as ministers refuse to call his words 'racist' The former Labour MP said the reported comments by Frank Hester were "alarming".
Mar 14, 2024 · BBC News. Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner has said she would "like to see" Diane Abbott back as a Labour MP. The party suspended Ms Abbott 11 months ago for saying Irish, Jewish and Traveller ...
Getty Images. Diane Abbott said she wants to remain as an MP for as long as possible, as she accused Labour of wanting to "exclude" her from Parliament. It comes as a row continues over whether ...
The Rt Hon Ms Diane Abbott is no longer a Member, but was most recently the Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, and left the Commons on 30 May 2024. The dissolution of Parliament took place on 30th May 2024. There are currently no MPs – all seats in the House of Commons are vacant until after the general election on 4th July 2024.
Diane Abbott, the long-serving Labour MP for North Hackney and Stoke Newington, has fought against racism, for transparency and for social justice in the House of Commons since 1987. Back then, she entered the UK Parliament as its first ever Black women member. She came to politics in order “to stand up for the civil liberties of the ...
Oct 22, 2023 · Born on 27 September 1953, in Paddington, London, Diane Abbott’s ascent in British politics was by no means easy. Breaking barriers, she etched her name in history in 1987 when she became the first Black woman elected to the British Parliament. This monumental achievement transcended personal victory; it was a clarion call for the importance ...
