9 months, 4 weeks ago

Diane Abbott: Timeline of her suspension from racism comments to Labour ‘election ban’

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Diane Abbott at a rally in Hackney, in front of a placard that reads “I stand with Diane”, March 15, 2024 It remains unclear whether Ms Abbott will be able to stand for the party. Labour leader Keir Starmer said Ms Abbott’s suspension showed “how far the Labour party has changed,” adding that the party has “zero tolerance” of antisemitism. However, it was revealed in May that the investigation into Ms Abbott’s comments had concluded in December 2023, with the veteran MP was given a formal warning and required to complete an “antisemitism awareness course”. However, Sir Keir has said it’s “not true” that Ms Abbott is barred from standing for Labour.

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Diane Abbott accuses Rachel Reeves of ‘renewed austerity’

The Telegraph

Diane Abbott has accused Rachel Reeves of presiding over an era of “renewed austerity”, with the veteran Labour MP leading a Left-wing backlash against the Chancellor’s spending cuts. The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP, who had the Labour whip restored shortly before the general election after a prolonged suspension, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Departmental cuts, spending cuts, welfare …

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Diane Abbott speaks for first time as Mother of the House

The Independent

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9 months ago

Diane Abbott refused to go on antisemitism course to rejoin Labour

The Independent

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Revealed: voters mostly unfazed by Starmer’s Diane Abbott row

The Independent

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

'You come at the queen, you better not miss!': Labour's Left crows after Keir Stamer caves in and says Diane Abbott CAN stand as a party candidate - but veteran MP refuses to confirm her future until

Daily Mail

Labour's Left was crowing tonight after Sir Keir Starmer dramatically caved to a huge backlash by declaring Diane Abbott can stand as a party candidate at the election. But Labour's leader in Scotland, Anas Sarwar, heaped more pressure on by making clear he 'agrees with' party deputy Angela Rayner - who yesterday said she thought Ms Abbott should be allowed …

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Labour is plunged into election turmoil as veteran MP Diane Abbot threatens to stand AGAINST party and fires up Corbynite allies to accuse Keir Starmer of 'disturbing' left wing 'purge' that blocks th

Daily Mail

Sir Keir Starmer and his team are trying to dampen the fires of a major Labour election row today over moves by the party leadership to block veteran MP Diane Abbott and a slew of other leftwingers from standing on July 4. Defiant Dianne Abbot tells her supporters that she will do whatever it takes to stand as an MP …

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Diane Abbott vows to stay on as MP as Labour descends into chaos over botched suspension

The Independent

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

‘I’ve no time for Diane Abbott, but the way Labour have treated her is a disgrace’

The Telegraph

The majority of readers who took part in The Telegraph’s exclusive poll voted against Diane Abbott being allowed to stand as a Labour MP, with many arguing that the party should not be seen to endorse previous comments she’d made or backtrack on their initial decision. ‘If Diane Abbott had any integrity about her, she would retire gracefully’ Reader Ray …

9 months, 4 weeks ago

'Dismayed' Diane Abbott breaks cover as Labour goes into meltdown over 'ban' on her standing at election: Keir Starmer branded 'disgraceful' as frontbencher Wes Streeting snaps during TV interview on

Daily Mail

Diane Abbott broke over today as Labour struggles to contain a row about her being blocked from standing as a candidate at the election. Ms Abbott recently 'liked' a social media post by Mr Corbyn's wife Laura Alvarez praising his decision to stand against Labour in his Islington North constituency. Diane Abbott broke over today as Labour struggles to contain …

9 months, 4 weeks ago

Diane Abbott ‘to be banned from standing for Labour’ as it emerges race investigation finished five months ago

The Independent

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10 months ago

General election 2024: Diane Abbott given Labour whip back 'but banned from standing'

The Telegraph

Diane Abbott will not be allowed to stand as a Labour candidate at the general election, according to reports. Despite her allegedly not being able to stand again, it is understood that Ms Abbott was given back the Labour whip on Tuesday with Labour sources telling The Telegraph that senior figures in the party were trying to reach a “soft …

10 months ago

Diane Abbott fury as Starmer suggests her suspension is nothing to do with him

The Independent

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10 months ago

Labour probe into Diane Abbott ‘will be resolved before election’

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1 year ago

Angela Rayner says she would like to see Diane Abbott restored as Labour MP

The Independent

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1 year ago

Diane Abbott accuses Labour of hypocrisy after it uses race row to fundraise for donations

The Independent

1 year ago

Diane Abbott reports Tory donor Frank Hester to police over ‘racist’ comments that she ‘should be shot’

The Independent

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1 year ago

What was said about Diane Abbott was shameful – the Tory party’s reaction is even more so

The Independent

Was what the leading Tory donor Frank Hester said about Diane Abbott racist and sexist? They speak for themselves: “It’s like trying not to be racist, but you see Diane Abbott on TV, and you just want to hate all Black women because she’s there, and I don’t hate all Black women at all, but I think she should be …

1 year ago

Ministers refuse to condemn Tory donor Frank Hester’s ‘hate all black women’ Diane Abbott remarks as racist

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

Labour left abandons Diane Abbott in antisemitism row

The Independent

Diane Abbott has been condemned by her own wing of the Labour party as she is engulfed in an antisemitism row after claiming Jewish people are not subjected to racism. Spokesperson Fiona Sharpe said: “To reduce the racism faced by Jews to mere prejudice when in living memory six million Jews were systematically slaughtered in Europe for their race is …

1 year, 11 months ago

Diane Abbott’s suggestion that Jews don’t experience racism is not only absurd – but dangerous

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

UK Labour suspends prominent MP Diane Abbott over racism letter

Firstpost

Labour immediately announced that Abbott, who was shadow interior minister under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, had been suspended from its parliamentary party London, United Kingdom: On Sunday, senior member Diane Abbott of the major opposition Labour party in the UK was placed on administrative leave while an inquiry into her remarks that Jews did not experience racism “all their …

1 year, 11 months ago

Diane Abbott suspended by Labour after suggesting Jewish people do not face racism

The Independent

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1 year, 11 months ago

UK MP's 'Jews didn't face racism' comment stirs row for Rishi Sunak's rival party

Hindustan Times

The UK's main opposition Labour party suspended prominent member Diane Abbott as an MP on Sunday, pending an investigation into comments she made that Jewish people were not subject to racism "all their lives". Abbott, the first black woman to become an MP in the UK, said in a letter to the Observer newspaper that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people …

4 years, 8 months ago

Diane Abbott on race relations in UK: ‘Boris Johnson gives the impression that he doesn’t care’

The Independent

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6 years, 2 months ago

Diane Abbott Question Time row: Labour requests BBC footage of Fiona Bruce 'joke' and demands on-air correction of poll claim

The Independent

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6 years, 2 months ago

Instead of acknowledging racial bias, the BBC is gaslighting Diane Abbott – it’s shameful and dangerous

The Independent

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6 years, 2 months ago

Diane Abbott accuses Question Time of legitimising ‘mistreatment, bias and abuse’ against her

The Independent

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7 years, 3 months ago

Diane Abbott: Bookmaker refuses to apologise after posting picture of darts fan in blackface dressed as Labour MP

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7 years, 8 months ago

Diane Abbott speaks out about horrifying racist abuse she suffers every day

The Independent

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