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Diane Abbott
She has announced she will stepping down as Shadow Home Secretary. She will be sadly missed.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Only by the conservatives...
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Re: Diane Abbott
Interestingly, both her and jezza backing RLB to take over... more of the same policies for the labour party despite them being comprehensively rejected at the ballot box.
This was always the danger in the old guard sticking around after the heavy defeat.
Labour needs a complete rethink, and a rebirth. For the good of the country if for nothing else.
Definition of madness.... doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
This was always the danger in the old guard sticking around after the heavy defeat.
Labour needs a complete rethink, and a rebirth. For the good of the country if for nothing else.
Definition of madness.... doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Heard a funny story today
Corbyn is addressing the media
about the flooding in Briton,Corbyn says were is Boris Johnson? Some wag replied in Downing St were you put him
Corbyn is addressing the media
about the flooding in Briton,Corbyn says were is Boris Johnson? Some wag replied in Downing St were you put him
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Re: Diane Abbott
I have to put the TV on mute whenever she is speaking.
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Re: Diane Abbott
With her & Corbyn gone, Labour might actually start going forwards. Unless of course, that Burgeon chap gets a shadow cabinet post.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Corbyn hasn’t gone. By the sounds of it, he’s still gonna be influencing policy as he’s touting for a senior position in the shadow cabinet. And with Rebecca Long Bailey a younger version of him but with tits, nothing’s gonna change anytime soon in the Labour Party.
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Re: Diane Abbott
She’s been toxic for the Labour Party, killed a lot of people’s confidence in the party.
Re: Diane Abbott
But you still look at her???FactualFrank wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:36 pmI have to put the TV on mute whenever she is speaking.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Something doesn’t quite add up here.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Sorry. Pedant alert
That is the often quoted definition of insanity, not madness (and also incorrectly attributed to Einstein)
However, chaos theory states, with huge amounts of evidence to back to up, that if you do the same thing over and over again, you should not be surprised if they yield wildly different results
I'm not sure the labour party can fathom this tho. They are just bog standard chaotic
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Re: Diane Abbott
I wouldn't worry, on current showing Priti Patel will easily fill the void. The interview where she didn't appear to know the difference between terrorism and counter-terrorism was a good start.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Ah now your talking.FactualFrank wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:11 pmOf course. I've never missed watching the Chinese lass.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Excellent news now we just need Corbyn gone and Labours on the mend
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Re: Diane Abbott
Corbyn and Abbott were the prime examples of why Labour could never have a chance of gaining control
Dumb and Dumber springs to mind
Dumb and Dumber springs to mind
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Re: Diane Abbott
Did anyone notice Abbott was shaking throughout her interview with Sophie Ridge?
Re: Diane Abbott
Yes I did but it didn’t look like Parkinson’s but she was holding onto her hand and I think it was just her left hand so maybe it is Parkinson’s
I sincerely hope it isn’t but maybe why she has decided to leave the front bench
I sincerely hope it isn’t but maybe why she has decided to leave the front bench
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Re: Diane Abbott
She was diagnosed in 2017 with a "serious, long-term" illness. She suffered badly from her type 2 diabetes during the last election run-up, whether this is in addition, I don't know.
Still, something else for some of those on here to take the pi$$ out of her for....
Still, something else for some of those on here to take the pi$$ out of her for....
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Re: Diane Abbott
I'm more concerned about our current Home Sec. She was previously sacked for running her own foreign policy and what came out this weekend, with regards to our security services, doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Watching that interview I think she needs to stop cutting her own fringe and visit a proper hairdresser.TheOriginalLongsider wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:45 amDid anyone notice Abbott was shaking throughout her interview with Sophie Ridge?
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Re: Diane Abbott
Tbh I always found her entertaining back in the noughties on TV with portillo..cant really speak about her views on politics. But she seems a decent human being. And yes she did have her son privately educated.I like her.evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:17 amShe was diagnosed in 2017 with a "serious, long-term" illness. She suffered badly from her type 2 diabetes during the last election run-up, whether this is in addition, I don't know.
Still, something else for some of those on here to take the pi$$ out of her for....
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Re: Diane Abbott
No more Diane Abbott? It's the end of an error......
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Re: Diane Abbott
There always seems to be plenty of nasty vitriol posted about Abbott. Not sure why she particularly attracts or deserves this more than other MP's.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Have any of the superannuated right-wing bores not contributed to this thread yet? Pile in chaps - you know you have nothing better to do.
Re: Diane Abbott
She is by far and away the most hillarious Abbott ever, and in that list I include Russ and Costello's mate
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Re: Diane Abbott
I’m a lifelong Labour supporter and I cringe every time she is on TV.
She’s a liability and also a hypocrite...and I know most politicians are but she has an unerring talent for putting her foot in it through a complete lack of common sense. And I know she is well educated but it honestly does not come across as so.
I do believe she is not well and of course I wish her well with this but this is not a case of her coming across like this just in the last couple of years - it’s always been the case.
All that said I am fully behind her manifesto pledge of extra bank holidays - it’s just a shame she chose the 46th of August and 38th September.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Thanks, always happy to oblige. Maybe you could explain why she deserves such vitriol?
Re: Diane Abbott
46th of August and 38th of September absolute comedy gold TVCTVC15 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 12:44 pmI’m a lifelong Labour supporter and I cringe every time she is on TV.
She’s a liability and also a hypocrite...and I know most politicians are but she has an unerring talent for putting her foot in it through a complete lack of common sense. And I know she is well educated but it honestly does not come across as so.
I do believe she is not well and of course I wish her well with this but this is not a case of her coming across like this just in the last couple of years - it’s always been the case.
All that said I am fully behind her manifesto pledge of extra bank holidays - it’s just a shame she chose the 46th of August and 38th September.
Re: Diane Abbott
Jesus wept Riley can you not see why...
Specsavers for you lad (and also get your hearing checked out while you're there)
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Re: Diane Abbott
So you think she deserves nasty comments about her appearance because of those clips?Bosscat wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 1:39 pmhttps://www.theguardian.com/politics/vi ... ding-video
https://youtu.be/hyHk8Gxyzm4
https://youtu.be/w-Syo86gsHk
And from 2012
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/news.sky ... s-10482258
Do I need to go on.......
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Re: Diane Abbott
When is her son up before the courts ?
Re: Diane Abbott
Coming from someone who uses "spastic" as an insult on here, that is quite a lunge towards the moral high groundevensteadiereddie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:17 amShe was diagnosed in 2017 with a "serious, long-term" illness. She suffered badly from her type 2 diabetes during the last election run-up, whether this is in addition, I don't know.
Still, something else for some of those on here to take the pi$$ out of her for....
Re: Diane Abbott
Vitriol for her comments and beliefs-no
Disdain at some of her behaviour ideas and comments-yes
Disdain at some of her behaviour ideas and comments-yes
Re: Diane Abbott
Respect for her achievements -yes
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Re: Diane Abbott
He's rather fond of using "autistic" to add to his arsenal of insults.
Nice...
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Re: Diane Abbott
Yet she still doesn't make an effort to lose weight, despite having previously claiming to have found the cure for Britain's obesity problem.evensteadiereddie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 11:17 amShe was diagnosed in 2017 with a "serious, long-term" illness. She suffered badly from her type 2 diabetes during the last election run-up, whether this is in addition, I don't know.
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Re: Diane Abbott
28th November 1996
Abbott denies attack on nurses was racist
"LABOUR MP Diane Abbott yesterday defended herself against charges of racism after criticising the appointment of ``blonde, blue-eyed'' Finnish nurses at her local hospital.
Writing in her local paper, the Hackney Gazette, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington said: ``I am sure that these young women are charming. But they are basically here to improve their English and are unlikely to give the British health service a lifetime's commitment.''
Her comments were seized upon by the hospital, nursing unions, and politicians, who accused her of avoiding the real issue of staff shortages.
Ms Abbott later said: ``The issue is not one of colour - the issue is that people should not be recruited from overseas in an area of mass unemployment.''
However, nursing unions and the hospital - which has written a letter of complaint to Ms Abbott -were annoyed that she had written of her surprise that the hospital had chosen ``blonde, blue-eyed girls from Finland, instead of nurses from the Caribbean who know the language and understand British culture and institutions''.
Ms Abbott had added: ``And are Finnish girls, who may never have met a black person before, let alone touched one, best suited to nurse in multicultural Hackney?''
Senior nurse Eileen Farragher said 20 Finnish nurses were expected in the new year to bolster the 30 nurses already at the hospital. They would be joined by eight to 10 nurses from South Africa, totalling about 4% of the nursing staff, she said. ``Her comments are very disappointing because she didn't seem in any way to understand the facts of the situation.''
She added that a nursing shortage had hit London harder than other areas and forced them to look abroad for help.
Representatives of the Royal College of Nursing have written to the Gazette and called on Ms Abbott to try to reverse the nursing crisis."
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/120 ... as-racist/
Disgraceful comments from Abbott.
Abbott denies attack on nurses was racist
"LABOUR MP Diane Abbott yesterday defended herself against charges of racism after criticising the appointment of ``blonde, blue-eyed'' Finnish nurses at her local hospital.
Writing in her local paper, the Hackney Gazette, the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington said: ``I am sure that these young women are charming. But they are basically here to improve their English and are unlikely to give the British health service a lifetime's commitment.''
Her comments were seized upon by the hospital, nursing unions, and politicians, who accused her of avoiding the real issue of staff shortages.
Ms Abbott later said: ``The issue is not one of colour - the issue is that people should not be recruited from overseas in an area of mass unemployment.''
However, nursing unions and the hospital - which has written a letter of complaint to Ms Abbott -were annoyed that she had written of her surprise that the hospital had chosen ``blonde, blue-eyed girls from Finland, instead of nurses from the Caribbean who know the language and understand British culture and institutions''.
Ms Abbott had added: ``And are Finnish girls, who may never have met a black person before, let alone touched one, best suited to nurse in multicultural Hackney?''
Senior nurse Eileen Farragher said 20 Finnish nurses were expected in the new year to bolster the 30 nurses already at the hospital. They would be joined by eight to 10 nurses from South Africa, totalling about 4% of the nursing staff, she said. ``Her comments are very disappointing because she didn't seem in any way to understand the facts of the situation.''
She added that a nursing shortage had hit London harder than other areas and forced them to look abroad for help.
Representatives of the Royal College of Nursing have written to the Gazette and called on Ms Abbott to try to reverse the nursing crisis."
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/120 ... as-racist/
Disgraceful comments from Abbott.
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Re: Diane Abbott
Well done Ringo, you went back to a story in a Scottish newspaper from 24 years ago to find that. I think that's desperate and disgraceful even by your standards.RingoMcCartney wrote: ↑Mon Feb 24, 2020 3:54 pm28th November 1996
Abbott denies attack on nurses was racist
disgraceful comments from Abbott.