Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Labour Search for Candidate for Diane Abbott's Seat

The Guardian reports that moves to find a successor to Diane Abbott in the parliamentary seat she has represented since 1987 are under way, prompting concern a decision has already been made regarding her membership of Labour before an investigation into her latest suspension has concluded.   Go here to read more.  

Diane Abbott was suspended from the Labour Party again over her remarks about racism.  

I expect she is considering joining Jeremy Corbyn's new party.  

As we all know, the racism and discrimination experienced by those of us who have Black and brown skins, i.e. those who are identifiable as Black, Asian or brown-skinned people,  is different from discrimination experienced by those who have white skin, including Irish people and some Jewish people.  

She was first elected to Pariament in 1987, before which time she had been a local councillor for many years.  After Tony Blair's "New Labour" election victory in 1997, she was considered to be one of "Blair's Babes".  

Ms. Abbott, the Mother of the House (longest-serving female MP), has been suspended for stating what is blatantly obvious.  

Go here to read more.  

Diane Abbott, the first Black woman ever to be elected to the House of Commons, is one of the achievers I interviewed in Black Success Stories.  

 

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