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Diane Abbott
According to several unconfirmed reports, Diane Abbott was present during the vote.
September 17, 2024, 12:13 pm
Diane Abbott admits writing ‘ill-advised’ letter to newspaper on Jewish people and racism
In BBC Newsnight interview the veteran Labour MP said her letter to The Observer newspaper offered Keir Starmer the chance to 'move against me'
By Lee Harpin
Diane Abbott. (Photo credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
June 4, 2024, 4:15 pm
Labour’s final election candidate list includes Diane Abbott
Veteran MP is confirmed as candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, after a row sparked by claims she had been barred
By Lee Harpin
Diane Abbott (YouTube screengrab)
May 31, 2024, 2:10 pm
Diane Abbott ‘free’ to run for Labour in general election, says Starmer
Keir Starmer says there is nothing preventing the veteran MP Diane Abbott from standing at the election
By Lee Harpin
According to several unconfirmed reports, Diane Abbott was present during the vote.
May 28, 2024, 10:59 pm
Diane Abbott unlikely to stand at the election despite getting Labour whip back
Following conclusion of an antisemitism investigation Britain’s first black female MP is facing end of her 37-year career in parliament
By Lee Harpin
Diane Abbott. (Photo credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
May 24, 2024, 5:09 pm
Labour probe into Diane Abbott ‘will be resolved before election’
The MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington had the whip withdrawn in April 2023 after writing that Irish and Jewish people and Travellers experience prejudice, but not racism.
By Jewish News Reporter
Diane Abbott (YouTube screengrab)
March 16, 2024, 10:28 am
Diane Abbott denies she ‘refused to take antisemitism course to rejoin Labour’
The MP wrote a letter to The Observer suggesting Jewish, Irish and Traveller people were not subject to racism “all their lives”.
By Jewish News Reporter
Diane Abbott. (Photo credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
March 14, 2024, 7:22 pm
Starmer says probe into Abbott antisemitism article ‘entirely different’ issue from racism row
Senior Labour source claims that since Diane Abbott's suspension over comments that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people do not face racism 'all their lives' her conduct has 'taken her further' from having the whip restored
By Lee Harpin
Diane Abbott (YouTube screengrab)
September 19, 2023, 5:26 pm
Suspended Diane Abbott blasts ‘fraudulent’ disciplinary probe
The Hackney North MP, suspended in April over newspaper letter claiming Jews don't experience racism, claims she is being replaced as the Labour candidate 'prior to the next election”.
By Lee Harpin
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer with school children during a visit to a Co-op store in Ripley, Derbyshire, where he met local residents and shoppers ahead of the local elections on May 4.
April 28, 2023, 2:28 pm
Starmer denies targeting left-wing MPs after Abbott suspension
"Most people including Diane, who of course apologised, recognised just how wrong and offensive it was," he said.
By Jewish News Reporter
Keir Starmer appears on ITV's This Morning
April 25, 2023, 11:43 am
Keir Starmer outlines the party ‘process’ for deciding Diane Abbott’s Labour future
The Labour leader appeared on ITV's This Morning where he was asked about Diane Abbott's future after her letter claiming Jews, Irish and the traveller community did not face racism every day
By Lee Harpin
Diane Abbott. (Photo credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
April 25, 2023, 7:41 am
OPINION: Diane Abbott saga brings the bad old days back into view
Diane Abbott says Jews were not forced to sit at the back of the bus, but casually forgets they weren’t even allowed on public transport in Germany, writes Joshua Rom
By Joshua Rom
BBC London News presenter leads bulletin with JVL statement on Diane Abbott
April 24, 2023, 11:32 am
BBC London leads its news broadcasts with call by JVL for Diane Abbott to be reinstated
JLM national secretary Adam Langleben, says decision by BBC London to lead its news bulletins on Diane Abbott's suspension with a statement from the disgraced JVL group displays a 'profound level of ignorance'
By Lee Harpin
April 24, 2023, 10:18 am
Growing calls for Diane Abbott to stand down ahead of next election
In response to the suspension of Diane Abbott as a Labour MP, Lord Mann told Jewish News: 'I think we are seeing a rather sad end to what has been a very prominent political career'
By Lee Harpin
Diane Abbott. (Photo credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
April 23, 2023, 11:58 am
Diane Abbott suspended as Labour MP over claim Jews don’t face racism ‘all their lives’
The MP claims in letter, published by The Observer, that unlike the racism faced by black people, 'Jewish, Irish and traveller communities' have experienced 'prejudice'
By Lee Harpin
Diane Abbott. (Photo credit: Joe Giddens/PA Wire)
February 16, 2023, 10:55 am
Corbyn’s allies hit out at Starmer’s decision to block Labour candidacy
Long-standing ally Diane Abbott hit out at Sir Keir Starmer and other MPs online on Thursday.
By Jewish News Reporter
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