Diane Abbott says she will stand in general election ‘by any means possible’
by any means possible I will be the candidate for Hackney North [Applause] and with I was shocked to learn yesterday that I am going to be banned from running for the labor party it is as if you are not allowed to be a labor MP unless you’re prepared to repeat everything the leader says [Music]
Diane Abbott has promised to stay on as an MP for her east London constituency ‘for as long as possible’, setting up a clash with Keir Starmer after a deal for her to retire from parliament broke down.
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Abbott was given back the Labour whip this week after an investigation into comments she made about racism last year.
A Labour source briefed journalists that Abbott would be barred from standing again in her Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency. Starmer denied on Wednesday that she had been barred.
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25 comments
The uk is done
That means as an independent ,so will split the Labour vote . She has no loyalty and is very divisive
Got some serious shakes like that other dictator ,hope it’s nothing trivial.
Running as an Independent hopefully.
I supports her, Saheen and others. Just finished my Manifesto ie 4 decades fought injustices. To distribute flyers tmr for a London constituency. Grateful any assistance..
I think Diane Abbott must think big before deciding to stand as an independent because Kier starmer is not going to be a president for ever after 2 terms maximum someone else will come in hopefully its between Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham
if she was white, she would've been kicked out of that party long ago.
Addendum …. Forgot to add, she is making lots of noise over standing or not standing as leverage to embarrass Labour into letting her stand, and as racist and hopeless as she is there is already worse in government and worse to come.
Militant. Mischief. Mayhem.
Abbott is obviously terrified that the large MP's salary and expenses could be a thing of the past. After all it paid for her son to go to an exclusive private school. Not too many poor black children there I bet but plenty of rich White children with whom to make valuable contacts.
Abbott could stand as an independent under the banner of 'Hypocrite'.
2+2=5 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I’m wholly against Diane Abbott political views but I think she’s been badly treated. I was a Tory no more .
A grifter’s gotta grift.
Like Jeremy Corbin is she fearful of losing her Taxpayer funded lifestyle because if they get elected it won't alter the state of this country maybe make the odd speech coitizing something the Govt does wrong or appearing on the news
she can't even walk theres 2 people holding her arms helping her stand up
how racism works in politics . Pick your color
Brilliant, great news. Now let’s see how much damage she’ll cause between now and 4th July.
she can retire. she is 70
Anti semite!
Dangerous to society
She got parkinsons shaking like that
can she put her shoes on yet
She cant even " stand up "
Bit of a shaky hand there or is it just me ??
Labour dont want her because shes a liability, she cant even put a matching pair of shoes on 😂😂😂facts