January 5th, 2012

Diane Abbott’s “White People” Tweet Rage

Diane Abbott is never far from controversy, especially online. Remember the time she tweeted Labour’s latest poll results during the two-minute Remembrance Day silence? Well there can no blaming a staffer for yesterday’s tweet, that has caused uproar across all parties. At a time when the media is having a long overdue conversation about racism, Abbott is refusing to see that there is anything wrong with slamming an entire group of people based on the colour of their skin. She is a Shadow Minister and represents a constituency that is 61% white…

Sections 17 to 29 of the Public Order Act 1986 are pretty clear on statements like this. They cover deliberately provoking hatred of a racial group, distributing racist material to the public, and perhaps most notably in this case, inciting inflammatory rumours about an ethnic group, for the purpose of spreading racial discontent. Or perhaps a “sorry” would be more appropriate…


311 Comments

  1. 1
    Anonymous says:

    ah but that’s tory legislation…

    • 17
      Aless the foreigner says:

      Dianne has a lot of form here.

      We remember her “two posh white boys” rant, claiming that their race should prevent Cameron and Osborne should be senior ministers

      We also remember her claim that Finnish nurses shouldn’t be able to work in London hospitals

      We also remember her argument that black people shouldn’t be laid off from the public sector

      Not to mention her claim that West Indian mums care more about their children than white mums

      When can we just accept that Dianne Abbott is an obscene racist?

      • 26
        The Remittance Man says:

        The ultimate irony being that it’s the lefties and their fellow travellers who are creating the divided society with their endless pandering to special interest groups.

      • 60
        Grumpy Old Man says:

        You are all being very unfair to Ms Abbott. She’s obviously been misquoted and taken out of context. You are all institutionally racist for over-reacting to such a dispassionate and considered statement. Anyway, racism is a white man’s crime – Ms. Abbott cannot be guilty of such a thing.

      • 76
        Geoff, England (not Britain or 'United' KIngdom) says:

        Most Finns speak better English than a large percentage of people who were born and dragged up here in England. People like Dianne Abbott, for example. And the Finns aren’t racists, unlike Abbott.

        • 179
          Anonymous says:

          Just because regional and class differences produces different ways of speaking english doesnt mean thyre invalid ways of communicating. Youre comment is the same as Abbots…… insisting on sweeping generalizations with no room for the nuances society inevitably incorporates.

          And Finland does have racist problems too by the way.

      • 84
        Lady Virginia Droit de Seigneur says:

        Abbott has always been a racist.

      • 117
        MAD FRANKIE HADDOCK son of says:

        She is an obscene fat bag of shit !

        Is that lardist ?

      • 130
        A. Dumbott says:

        The elephant in the room.

      • 310
        diane green says:

        Aless is spot on!
        Blonde hair and blue eyes apparently not Ms Abbott’s favourite genetic character.
        She is overtly racist and has been for years,but she’s black,racism only cuts one way from whites don’t you know!

    • 95
      M says:

      Diane Abbotts comments clearly demonstrate racisium is not confined to a White colour of skin .
      Racisium is a behavioural trait common to all humans , probably a throw back to our evolution , when a population wanted to protect a resource .
      And when Europe singles out Britain for special treatment guess what that is

    • 101
      Sandra says:

      I have reported Diane Abbott to the Police.

      There can be no reason that she is not arrested & chraged forincitement of racial hatred.

      Or, as we see with “white” people who are attacked & targetted for the colour of their skin in the UK, are race laws applied only to whites?

      Join me – report her.

      She has broken the law. The law is for everyone – including anti white racist black MPs.

      • 278
        John says:

        I agree, Sandra.

        The Macpherson report defined a racist incident thus:

        ‘The definition of a “racist incident” … will now encompass “any incident which is perceived to be racist by the victim or any other person”.

        Regardless of Abbott’s denials, I perceive her outburst to be racist and designed to stir up racial hatred. I am therefore reporting her to the police on the grounds that I feel myself to be targeted by her racist rant. The police must arrest and charge her.

    • 103
      simone says:

      …..and the ‘working class whitey is racist’ shtick’ was all going so well with the media feeding frenzy over the Lawrence case. Now Abbott’s put her clumsy foot in it (again).

      Luckily for her the media will as usual, ignore it.

      • 152
        Tony Bliar is a CUNT..... says:

        Diane Abott can’t be a racist, she is black………….

        • 162
          Deep Froat says:

          Exactly a blatent double standard. Abbott is a HUGE racist. Utter disgrace that Liebour tolerates it.

          • Fish says:

            Presumably the BBC will now drop her from Brillo’s show and like Carol Thatcher and David Starkey, she will no longer grace the airwaves

          • Biased Broadcasting Corporation says:

            Fish: that’s so funny. Really.

        • 238
          misterned says:

          Don’t the lefties actually realise how racist that statement actually is? Why do the politically correct racists never recognise their OWN racism?

          It is about time all the zeal and energy that has been rightly used to stamp out racism from the white community (all bar a very few pockets), was used to stamp out ALL racism in every race and in every community!

          Apply the law equally to all races in a colourblind way!

          Dianne Abbott should resign in disgrace!

        • 292
          matt cullen says:

          racism is a two way street.

      • 186
        Rodders says:

        Cant find anything about it on the BBC news website even in the politics section

      • 196
        BBC News says:

        You don’t seriously expect us to report this, do you? Anyway, we are fully occupied wallowing in – sorry, showing – the Lawrence interviews over and over again without wasting precious resources on trivia like this. Besides, since when has racism been possible for our black bretheren? They are the despised, the downtrodden, the abused….and white honky trash have nothing at all to complain about.

        We propose to ignore it completely. Nothing to see here….

        • 253
          Bony Ten says:

          What a twat.

          Wallowing in the biggest criminal case in this country of the past 20 years? There’s such a huge difference between stabbing an innocent man because you only like white people and saying that white people like divide and rule (which we do).

          • Huvu says:

            You moron, the BBC and media in general have been “wallowing” How much did you read or see in the press about the Kriss Donald murder by racist Pakistanis in 2004 when he was stabbed 15 times then set alight.
            If this had been a black person murdered by racist whites (ring a bell?) then we would never have heard the last of it…….

          • Anonymous says:

            Thought the 7/7 bombings were bigger.

          • Anonymous says:

            Ah, you have answered my question posted earlier. What do you have to do nowadays to become a racist. Seems broadcasting racist comments and apologising later does not work. Needs to be physical?
            Using the Black Labrador defence is Ok according to Kevin McGuire of the Daily Mirror.

        • 254
          del boy says:

          Quality Rodders, couldnt agree more, Dianne Flabbott has been at it for years, an immensely bitter women whos painfull to watch, obvisiously educated to a higher level than the man on the street but like most Hunts in her position abuse it and talk down to the masses. A hypricrite to the extreme, again like most politicians and a filthy racist to go with it, how does this country tolerate Hunts like her, never happy with any thing and allowed to speak her filthy veiws through her rancid black mouth, iam off to the travel agents for a one way ticket to Bangkok peace

    • 189
      Public consensus says:

      Dianne Abbot = ignorant racist, intent on perpetuating the racism industry

      • 269
        Phany Stroaker says:

        Fattie Abbot has been more or less brain-dead for years – it’s just a pity that the affliction hasn’t made it to her big gob yet.

    • 300
      speak as i find says:

      Red Edds punitive rebuke of Abbots remarks has set a dangerous president.
      her remarks if made by a white MP, she would have been first in line looking for a head to scalp. this is just one way racism. Red Edd has shown himself as a weak leader in dealing with her,she should have been sacked.

  2. 2
    Willy Wow-don says:

    Billy loves Willy!

  3. 3
    Fabians are Evil says:

    But she is a Marxist and Black so she can do no wrong just like……….um……..Oh yes Robert Mugabe

    • 23
      (optional) says:

      +1

      … and I’ll happily contribute a fiver towards the fare.

    • 47
      Primrose Hill Marxist says:

      Because she’d be a failure there. She only gets on here because some misguided people feel sorry for the bloated idiot.

    • 65
      What a plonker. says:

      She does more to promote racism than any member
      of the shadow cabinet .What a loathsome woman.

      • 71
        harry potnap says:

        if you want people to kill each other because of their race then just give a platform to Dianne Abbott and Yasmin Alibayah-Brown. you reap what you sow. what a vile racist

        • 190
          Anonymous No. 529 says:

          Pronounce “sow” a little differently, and I think you have described the woman perfectly.

    • 115
      nemo says:

      Probably she has not moved on since the white slavers, when it has been looked into it has been found out that blacks were making war on other blacks and selling them as slaves, to arabs or white slavers, that is not excusing the white traders or arabs (who seem to have slaves in their own countries). I medieval times of course under the Normans England had the serfs who were tied to the land, had to ask their master before they could marry (ask Lady Ginny). In Victorian times for the poor it was very much as Dickens portrayed it grime and hard, but we have moved on thank goodness, not perfect yet again what is. Anyone who comes to this country to settle must now come with a good idea what this country is like, if they don’t like it no one is stopping them from leaving, indeed it is trying to prevent incomers coming in.

      • 166
        Lady Virginia Droit de Seigneur says:

        Black on black slavery and arab on black slavery continued well after it was abolished in Western Europe. Indeed today some countries on Africa (Mauritania in particular) stll have problems in this regard.

        • 217
          Ivor Tapeworm says:

          Muslim raiders even occaionally attecked the south of England and took white slaves.

          The UN estimated recently that about 5% of cocoa is harvested by slave labour – i.e. Africans enslaving Africans in the 21st Century.

          To present slavery as a purely white activity is completely incorrect.

          As for Abbott, she is, pure and simple, a nasty racist hypocrite.

          • misterned says:

            The factual history that you will never see in the politically correct media shows actually that slave traders internationally sold more white slaves than black ones.

            But the white slavery that existed back then, and in many nations still goes on today in sex slavery, which is rampant throughout the sex centres of Europe, will never receive the media attention it deserves.

            It angers me how in the spirit of “diversity” and in recognising and celebrating the rich diversity of different races and cultures of this land, we are not allowed to expose and tackle one difference between white and non-white cultures. That difference being that non-whites are a lot more racist in general than whites!

            Time to stamp out ALL racism in ALL communities! Let’s shine that light on the non-white communities which engage in rampant racism and consider their racism to be acceptable. IT IS NOT!

          • Biased Broadcasting Corporation says:

            Misterned: by ‘politically correct media’ I presume you mean the BBC, from which arrogant, deluded, left-skewed mafia we will never receive the truth as long as they remain in post.

  4. 4
    Billy Bowden is the greatest umpire ever ! says:

    Guido

    what if a tory said this?

    • 13
      Old Tory Bigot says:

      It would mean ‘Death by a Thousand Guardianistas’ – a cruel and unusual punishment that involves being bored to death by endless prolix and smug articles by ‘freelance journalists’.

      A thousand is approximately their readership I believe.

      • 32
        Colonel Bogey says:

        One article per reader. I feel a song coming on.

      • 261
        Anonymous says:

        Also made to eat lentils, wear rough spun cotton slacks, baggy jumpers with patches on elbows and be forced to become a vegan.

  5. 5
    Infuriated of West Mids says:

    Lets not forget the implied racism in her ‘West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children’ comment.

    • 49
      Primrose Hill Marxist says:

      English dads go to work for their children.

    • 64
      W.W. says:

      They might ‘go to the wall’ but they won’t stay with the father’s of their childen.

      W.W.

      • 93
        God's Holy Trousers says:

        To be fair it’s more often the fathers not staying with the mothers, but can you blame them when they are people like Abbot?

        • 123
          Tin foil hats on everyone says:

          The mere thought of attempting to father a child with Abbot is enough to turn me gay

    • 180
      Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is, Diane says:

      Then why not put her up against the wall a’ la Ceausescu?

  6. 6
    This woman is a disgrace. says:

    Sack her immediately.

  7. 7
    Tommy K says:

    What’s the issue? I thought racism was only illegal/immoral/unethical/unacceptable when practised by white people?

    • 39
      Broadsword calling Danny Boy says:

      +1. I thought only honkeys could be racist. Everybody else has been repressed by the damned white man and now has the right to say what they want.

    • 42
      joescotus says:

      anyone remember them hooti’s &tooti’s in rawanda, slicing each other up by the tens of thousands . was’nt that just a touch racist?

      • 48
        A Ninterlectuwal says:

        Post colonial racism is the white man’s fault (never the white woman’s). Except in Ethiopia and Thailand, where they have national myths of never having been colonized (except by Italy and Japan). They can oppress their own minorities for ‘cultural reasons’ with the help and encouragement of everybody, from the UN and Oxfam to the horrid bankers, but that is not racist.

      • 139
        The Green Man says:

        No that was tribe-ist.

      • 266
        Rwanda twinned with Hackney says:

        Fault of the Belgians apparently, who left two generations before it happened.

  8. 8
    Old Tory Bigot says:

    Go for it Guido.

    She’s overstepped the mark by quite some margin here.

    She was always a racist, and doesn’t have the wit to conceal it.

    Get out the cross-hairs and give them a polish old boy.

    New Year hunting season is upon us!

  9. 9
    Mike Lewis says:

    This woman is a typical Labour joke:sends her kids to expensive schools while posing as a defender of the downtrodden.
    Her hypocrisy knows no bounds.

    • 12
      Old Tory Bigot says:

      Indeed.

      How could she bear to send her child to the City of London school with all those “White People” kids and not a single “West Indian Mum” going to the wall, to be seen?

      Child cruelty I say!

  10. 10
    Anonymous says:

    What is almost worse is that if you look at the conversation which prompted this tweet, she is, not very subtly, trying to tell another black woman to shut up; she uses the twitter hashtag thusly: #dontwashdirtylineninpublic – they were discussing black community leaders and how they are often out of touch with their own communities. Abbott has form for racist comments over the years, and clearly thinks that she can get away with them because of her own skin colour. Well if we’re going to have a discussion about racism, let’s talk about it properly. The worst examples of racism I’ve witness were asian on asian and asian on black, but this is glossed over time after time, with racism being something only white people can be guilty of, and this is sadly what fuels a lot of converts to the BNP, because many white people feel they are getting a raw deal, particularly when they are living in areas where certain race related crimes aren’t reported so as not to inflame the communities. People can see the hypocrisy, and it is fuelling hatred :(

    • 197
      Public consensus says:

      Exactly, she claims her comments have been taken out of context but when you examine the context, her comments are even more disgraceful. She is in effect telling another Black woman to shut up . The woman she is responding to is talking sense and is clearly making valid points. However it is clear she is off message and is getting a slap down. Abbot is a racist.

    • 241
      misterned says:

      I sometimes wish Guido would bring back the thumbs up icon when I read a post like that. Spot ON!

  11. 11
    not a machine says:

    so black people must love grid and fail ……….. oh well

  12. 15
    Watt Tyler says:

    (Video) Diane Abbott MP – A Racist & Champagne Socialist?

    http://eotp.org/2010/06/28/video-diane-abbott-mp-a-racist-champagne-socialist/

    • 96
      Marcus Edwardius says:

      I just watched this clip. Unbelievable… She can hardly look Andrew Neil in the eye when answering (she spends most of her time looking at the ceiling, or talking with her eyes closed!).

      Perhaps what’s most unbelievable, is that someone so clearly hypocritical (schools, race card etc) could even think of running for the Labour leadership. And let’s not forget that it was David Milliband that got her onto the ballot…

      They clearly take us all for mugs (which most of their voters are).

      • 259
        del boy says:

        Just watched clip, Andrew we are going around in circles, lol, what a joke, evidence of the hypocrisy that politicans seem to excel at, this country is finished mate, she should be sacked and fed to the locals in Hackney, to think this women represents people, what a joke, what future is there for a working class white boy growing up in london??????? with racist scum like her around dictating to the masses

  13. 18

    If Cameron had any bollocks he’d demand that Milliband withdraw the party whip from this racist bigot.

    • 35
      Democracy Now says:

      Whst is it about all you tribal politicos? The party whip is a thoroughly evil system which subverts our democracy. I wish it were abolished so that we could get some real representation from our MPs in Parliament.

      As for her comments, yes she is racist. But it is up to her constituents to vote her out if that bothers them. Until them, she should be entitled to free speech, as should everyone else. If that is the death of the pantomime of PC, then we’ll just have to learn to live with it and avoid any faux outrage.

      Is this really a public order matter? I am not so sure. Who listens to the woman anyway? I suspect not many people.

      • 82
        Geoff, England (not Britain or 'United' KIngdom) says:

        We should all be entitled to free speech, but how many of us are allowed to exercise such a basic human/civil right? Only those of us in the left-wing Establishment, or who support it.

      • 141
        The Green Man says:

        Not just whipping, but parliamentary democracy itself.

        Time for real democracy.

      • 294
        PaderB says:

        Unfortunately, it is highly unlikely that Abbott will be voted out in Hackney. There may be a 61% white population in Hackney but the majority are dyed-in-the-wool Labour Party supporters and will vote Labour whatever Candidate is given them. There is no way that the Labour Party, in particular their adenoidal leader who would have the balls to deselect her.

    • 46
      Where are Tony Blair's Expenses says:

      Cameron has no balls – period. This is an open goal for the Tories but as stated previously all the PR men are still in cloisters.

      Surprisingly the BBC have not covered this.

  14. 19
    Allan D says:

    DA has form for this kind of thing and made a comment about “West Indian Mums” prior to the Labour leadership election that was thoroughly debunked by the splendid Andrew Neil here along with her other looney views and hypocritical lifestyle:

    Wonder how Ed (“Strong & Decisive”) Mili will react to this? When Sharon Atkin, then PPC for Nottinggham East, made similar comments in 1987 Kinnock removed her from the candidates’ list. I suspect, however, that EM will keep her in post and pull the blankets over his head and hope it will all blow over. We shouldn’t forget that his bro also signed her nomination papers to stand for the Labour leadership.

  15. 21
    Sarah says:

    I am ‘white’ and I defend Ms Abbott’s right to say what she says without her being criminalised or vilified for saying it.

    *Waits now for the ‘distressed, hurt and alarmed’ brigade to start wailing and crying false tears.

    • 29
      Well I Never says:

      Amazingly, your type do not say anything in defence of the likes of Emma West, who was sent to prison by our ‘enlightened’ apparatchik’s. Abbott however, finds robust support from the same quarter.

      • 182
        Herr Ing Adeson-d'Blinque says:

        Yebbut, nobbut, Abbot didn’t say fuck a lot like what that racist white bitch did.

        Come to think of it. Two racists. One white, one black. So West goes to chokey for…

        a) being white, or

        b) saying fuck a lot, or

        c) both.

        I lack legal training, so correct me if I got that wrong.

    • 50
      Palatable Conversationalist says:

      I am mainly pink. I have never met a white peron, thugh I did once see a very pale grey/blue cadaver once

      • 75
        harry potnap says:

        i find the term ‘white’ hugely offensive. i am english or at a push british. the idea i should be lumped in with Bulgarians more than anyone else because of skin tone is vile

    • 59
      Old Tory Bigot says:

      Well of course you defend her right to say what she wants.

      So do I, even if what she says is racist.

      I suspect however, you would not extend the same consideration to a white British person.

      It’s the double standards that hurt you see.

    • 192
      Rodders says:

      Not a problem but by that you must agree that ANYONE can say what they want without them being criminalised or vilified for saying it.

    • 275
      Angry of the Black Country says:

      Good for you being white. That is exactly the problem. Who cares what colour you are

  16. 22
    JuliaM says:

    Ahhhh, Diane Abbott, the gift that keeps on giving!

    I thought it was hilarious enough that she was made shadow health minister and immediately launched into a diatribe about obesity, but who knew this was to come?

    It seems she only stops cramming pies into her capacious maw long enough to get both feet in there…

    • 222
      Ivor Tapeworm says:

      Actually, she has a preference for and but free speech on this website does not extend to specifying the legume.

  17. 27
    Larry The Cat says:

    Black racism….surely not ! according to he left its whites that hold the monopoly on this……we know better though, don’t we!

    • 34
      albacore says:

      The wind outside is banging the cat flap like crazy.
      Our old moggy, Scruffy, is crouched there, growling like a tiger with toothache.
      Think I could get him a job with the UKBA?

      • 37
        Scruffy Watch says:

        He’d curl up on the sofa and wait for people to come along and tickle his tummy.

        • 38
          albacore says:

          In your dreams.
          It costs an average of £170 a go to get the little swine stitched up after he’s had a meaningful exchange of views with interlopers with bigger teeth and claws.

          • Scruffy Watch says:

            Clearly unsuited for UKBA then. Maybe you should get him a job as a GP’s receptionist

          • Old Tory Bigot says:

            I had one like that years ago. Big ginger thing. He loved people but hated other cats and harassed the dogs mercilessly.

            The vet assured me he was properly neutered and indeed no furry balls were in evidence, yet he behaved just like an ‘entire’ tom.

            I formulated a theory that he must have had an additional set of gonads concealed internally. In the same way that cats are said to have nine lives, I think this one had 4 balls.

          • Ha hah says:

            Ginger cats are bastards, I should know, mine leapt off the ground and attached itself to my arm leaving a life-long scar. That was on one of his ‘nice’ days.

  18. 28
    smell the glove says:

    There’ll be no apology until the White Man apologizes for thousands of years of oppression and victimization against the West Indian mums.

  19. 30
    Allan D says:

    I like the bloke who tweeted #tictacsasoldascolonialism . Don’t they just make your breath smell! I think the government should act.

  20. 31
    All Socialists are Hypocrits says:

    This is clearly a racist comment….she should resign and if she won’t she should be sacked unless she apologises…. but as she’s a Labour politician her comments will be excused and totally ignored by our “esteemed” State Broadcaster…imagine the furore if a Tory politician had tweeted this ? Double standards yet again from the “left”.

    • 225
      Ivor Tapeworm says:

      Compare and contrast:

      1 ) The fuss on the BBC when Cameron said “Calm down dear” in the commons;

      2 ) The complete absence of comment on the BBC about Abbott’s racist remarks.

  21. 33
    Polythesis says:

    This is the new acceptable face of racism, state endorsed racism. A loud mouthed racist able to spew her racist prejudice with impunity and state support. If a white politician had said the same things they would be now in a court of law looking at jail time and a fanatical MSM/BBC giving over headlines to it for weeks. A white person would be hounded from their job and destroyed, yet this racist is immune.

    Tens of millions of pounds spent on one murder case and yet other murders go unreported and not investigated for lack of funds. The new anti racism has arrived in the form of racism and its just as ugly as the old racism isnt it? Imagine a Tory saying the same thing, the BBC would be in jihad mode, the MSM would be in a fury of indignation and yet here we have clear evidence of racism and a silence descends on the MSM.

    The message is crystal clear, if you are white you live by different rules, you have no access to real justice, you keep your mouth closed and accept the new supremacist racists among you who have more rights than you and more freedoms than you. In effect you shut your mouth and accept your new status as the new untermensch sub human. And if you are killed by one of the new master race then dont expect the same kind of attention as Lawrence gets. Time to accept your new place in the new order based on the colour of your skin.

    • 78
      harry potnap says:

      +googleplex

    • 83
      BBC Sub-editor says:

      The BBC won’t be reporting this story as it isn’t a story. The only kind of racism we believe warrants attention is when Conservative politicians say things like this. Oh, and Americans and Israelis, all of whom are racists obviously (and, in the case of American politicians, evolution-denying, swivel-eyed Christian loons).

    • 128
      Truthteller says:

      +1

    • 199
      Public consensus says:

      We are truly in orwellian times , laws designed to do one thing when in fact they achieve the opposite, we have fallen down the rabbit hole

    • 296
      Anonymous says:

      my family can be traced back to saxon nobles in the area in which i still live,my children are brought up knowing this and have a deep pride in this fact.also they know that the liberal crap they are force fed at school is to be ignored.my family will never except the laws that try to gag us or belittle us,we the english are not second class,lets not forget it was the english that civilised this planet.only by educating our children that sitting back and doing nothing while politicians take what they want,do what they please with our rights,can we even hope to get our country back.england for the english.remember this,just because people from other countries walk on two legs and dress like us dosent mean they are like us,we english do not kill and bury our children in suitcases for going out with people we dont approve of…

  22. 41
    Anonymous says:

    If you substitute the word “Politician`for the word white in her statement, then that just about sums it up?

  23. 44
    The Stilton Eater says:

    A test for Miliband: will he admonish her racial provocation?

  24. 45
    TS Elliot''s toillet says:

    Vice and sleeze

  25. 50
    The Last Quango in Paris says:

    I am white and I don’t divide and conquer anyone. Why is Ms Abbott still thinking in terms of ‘black’ people and ‘white’ people. I see people for what they are and what they do. Ms Abbott is a bloated hypocritical windbag who assumes she speaks on behalf of her constituents whilst living a luxurious lifestyle. Has the race relations work of the recent decades taught her nothing?

    On a day when racial bridges are beginning to be healed, two racist thugs rightly jailed for the murder of an excellent young man, mistakes being acknowledged and extensive campaigning by many, many people of all walks of life and colour, doesn’t she think her comments are sick?

    • 81
      nellnewman says:

      I doubt ms abbott has the ability to think in any depth. She’s a member of militwit’s shallow cabinet . Says it all.

    • 226
      The fluffy unions of diversity says:

      On a day when racial bridges are beginning to be healed…

      What la-la land are you living in? People are pissed off more than ever.

      There will be no morphing of Britain into some post-racial paradise of peace, love and harmony. Why? Because people are people, and not the idealised abstract entities the utopian idiots of the left and right think they ought be.

      Instead we have authoritarianism, Balkanisation, and eventual civil war to look forward to.

  26. 52
    Windy Morning Rainstorm says:

    Seek help while it is still free on the NHS

  27. 53
    Good_News_Channel says:

    Quite a lot of cynicism here this morning.
    We need to stay happy and optimistic at this latitude where the sun’s rays are weak.

    • 55
      Windy Morning Rainstorm says:

      You have to be optimistic before you can stay optimistic. There is not too much to be optimistic about, even in sunnier Greece, but thanks for dropping by Dave

  28. 54
    Anonymous says:

    This is cleary racist. Unworthy of an MP and shadow minister. She should be sacked and publicly vilified, just the same as a white MP would be. The coalition should demand a statement from Miliband.

    • 56
      Windy Morning Rainstorm says:

      Save us from pious pronouncements from that twat. What can he helpfully do or say? Nothing.

      • 66
        Old Tory Bigot says:

        What can he say?

        “These strikes are wrong when negotiations are taking place…”

    • 244
      misterned says:

      Another positive difference between Cameron and Miliband (I know they are few), but this one is that Cameron has the balls to sack his MPs when they err towards making even slightly racist comments. Miliband has a racist in his cabinet and as yet has done nothing about it!

  29. 57
    Well it's a thought says:

    Racism like drugs has become big business, ill thought out laws make thinking or joking about race illegal and keep the pot bubbling, we have already ended up with no go area’s, time us slobs had a say in our country and throw the “race experts” on the dole.

  30. 62
    Gordon Brown says:

    i am concerned that my poo has turned brown

    • 67
      'Doctor" Gillian McKeith says:

      Is it not the usual golden colour and smelling of lavender then hen?

  31. 68
    Drop a Daisy cutter on the BBC says:

    Needles to say the BBC were defending her on Radio 5 this morning

  32. 70
    Anonymous says:

    The irony is that there is a group of people that like to use “divide & rule”, and they are mostly white, although the colour they use is Red

  33. 72
    BillyBob... says:

    The fat lass says it is ‘cos a is white?? :)

  34. 77
    nellnewman says:

    “she is a shadow minister”

    And that’s militwit’s problem in a nutshell. She is typical of the pitifully poor quality politician that militwit has appointed.

    Lacking in substance, gravitas or common sense, the only way she can draw attention to herself and her party is by jumping on bandwagons and making unfounded meaningless controversial statements.

  35. 79
    Mine d'Boggles says:

    Here is a little thought for Guido’s readers: I work in a small country in west Africa and there is no racism. There is massive tribalism though. Belonging to a tribe is very important – it says who you are and is a source of valuable support. What happens when tribal people are removed from their tribe by (for example) slavery? Loss of support and identity. They can’t say proudly, “I am Peul” they just become “African” and lost. But after numerous generations of being lost, a new identity should have been forged and skin colour ignored. It is very sad that, in some cases, this hasn’t happened.

  36. 86
    Anglian says:

    NEWSFLASH Lots of black people hate whites

    • 92
      nellnewman says:

      Yep the list is endless. the scots hate the english, the english hate the french. the greeks hate the germans and on and on………………….

      • 104
        Grumpy Old Man says:

        I don’t hate the French, I pity them. “It’s not being ENGLISH that makes them so mad. The English, the English, the English are best, So up with the English and down with the rest!”. As written by a White Russian emigre.

        • 116
          Tuscan Tony says:

          The French soooo want to be anglos but their dream is dashed on the rocks of their latino nature hence their appalling schizophrenia.

          I’d concede they do have excellent services in their COS units however.

      • 201
        Mc Fish says:

        Aye Lassie and the Scots hate the Scots!

        A few years back at a Xmas works ‘do’ I was speaking with my opposite number from Glasgow, who I had known for quite a few years.

        We were talking about tartans and I told her that, although English my ancestors were from Scotchland and would have worn the Argyle Campbell tartan. She muttered something about the Campbells, took her drink and went and sat at another table. She has never spoken to me since!

        • 287
          Lying little bigot watch says:

          Good story there Nigel, but you made it up. Your just a lying little bigot.

  37. 88
    nellnewman says:

    And here’s ms abbotts two most recent vacuous comments:

    ‘ we need to get children playing in the street to prevent them becoming obese’

    Perhaps she should trial that idea first to see if it works

    ‘ this government is pushing us towards a binge dr1nking crisis’

    Well if the us she refers to are mp’s I agree – all that taxpayer subsidised dr1nk available in the HoC bars is a bad influence on mp’s with weak minds.

    • 118
      'Doctor' Gillian McKeith says:

      She’s right about the children playing in the streets though. Especially in her constituency.

      They won’t have time to get obese, they’ll all be stabbed to death first.

    • 164
      Anonymous says:

      Then sign this petition, only 90 responses so far.
      The All In It Together Parliamentary Bar Closure e-petition

    • 175
      Kvetch Kvetch, But Are You Coming Up with a Solution, Diane? says:

      We need for her to play in the streets. Preferably in oncoming traffic.

      • 181
        nellnewman says:

        Yes indeed. And that’s very reminiscent of bobcrow’s call to the elderly to mount a protest against the coalition by walking out into the M11 and sitting down to stop the traffic.

        Why are the left such idiots!!

  38. 89
    Andrew says:

    …..but we all know Diane Abbott is a joke. What does it say about the Parliamentary Labour Party that she is in the Shadow Cabinet!!!

  39. 90
    Kezza the Hat says:

    ♯RacistDianeAbbott

  40. 91
    Scallywag says:

    That Abbott is an MP tells you lots about the electorate in Hackney. That she is still an MP defies reason or else the Labour party can’t find anyone less self-serving to put up at the next election…

  41. 94
    I don't need no doctor says:

    Has Ed Miliband made any comment? Does he condone what she said?

  42. 97
    Magic Box Monitor says:

    Sky News Headline: Diane Abbott racism row.

    BBC News: Duchess of Cambridge to assist Scouts.

    • 154
      BillyBob... says:

      BBC News = Blue Peter, about as intelligent as it comes..

    • 160
      Why BBC Do What They Do says:

      Katy HAS to demonstrate that she is “earning a living” for the money she gets. Abbott does not. BBC are naturally more sensitive to stories dealing with people who HAVE to justify receiving public funding.

      • 171
        BillyBob... says:

        Have you noticed Dickhead Bacon’s interview method? He just shouts the question when he wants to get serious :)

  43. 98
    Anonymous says:

    Guido,

    Make a complaint to the Police. They would have to investigate the matter. She is clearly making racist statements – anyone who said that about black people would be prosecuted. Cuts both ways.

  44. 100
    Keith Dovkunts says:

    Leave her alone!

    She was very entertaining on the celebrity [sic] version of Mastermind a few years back. It’s worth putting up with her in politics just so that one can watch a replay of that edition when down in the dumps. The thick, stupid, bitch makes me laugh every time!

  45. 102
    Where are Tony Blair's Expenses says:

    Can’t believe it, BBC 5 Live are debating the tweet on their 9-00am phone in.

    But not on their news site

    They are just talking to Mohammed who doesn’t think its a racist comment

    • 112
      Where are Tony Blair's Expenses says:

      According to all the liberals phoning in; it has either been taken out of context or she she has run out of twitter characters.

      • 114
        Drop a daisy cutter on the BBC says:

        Abdul and Mohammed don’t think she’s racist. I’m shocked not!

        Worst thing is Rachel Burden is playing the typical wet lefty liberal defending her, can you imagine if a white male Tory MP had said that about black people?

        • 124
          Where are Tony Blair's Expenses says:

          Burden getting hammered at the moment, she has just tried to defend Abbott by saying she was having a private conversation ( on Twitter) she is an embarrassment to journalism.

          • BillyBob... says:

            Jounalism? Blue Peter more like..

          • BillyBob... says:

            Bottom of the class for me…. should read ‘Journalism’

            pip pip

          • Where are Tony Blair's Expenses says:

            Classic BBC ended the programme with a student activist supporting Abbott.

            How stupid do you have to be when you are from the working class ethnic community, have an Oxbridge degree, a safe seat since 1987 and still couldn’t get a cabinet position with Blair or Brown

          • Tony Blur says:

            Where are Tony Blairs expenses?

            On a hard drive in finance. Not difficult to obtain if there is the will.

          • Where are Tony Blair's Expenses says:

            I agree they are there somewhere but even Guido doesn’t seem interested in finding them.

      • 209
        The context makes it worse says:

        The context makes her comments even worse

        • 213
          Us and them ? says:

          Indeed it does as the context of her tweets clearly show she wants to perpetuate an “us and them”society, Abbot is in effect advocating apartheid.

          • Ivor Tapeworm says:

            One might even say that her remark is divisive, and as a shadow cabinet member she also wants to rule.

            One might say that she is a fucking hypocritical racist cnut.

  46. 105
    Raving Loon says:

    In matters like this, I think the fair thing to do is replace white with black (or vice versa depending on what case you’re talking about), and then see if the statement sounds racist or not. If one were to talk carte blanche about “black people” in a manner like Abbot has done, then one would be vilified as racist.

  47. 107
    James Longstreet says:

    Yesterday on Radio Wales she talked about ‘people of colour’ for some reason.

    • 125
      Evil Landlord says:

      Isn’t that what Alan Handen was vilified for saying on Match of the Day – ” coloured people”. Only white people are racist.

    • 135
      Glad We Could Be Of Help says:

      As if doing so demonstrates solidarity of the Africans/Black diaspora with South and East Asians and Latin Americans and other indigenes in the world against their former colonial masters. Get with the programme now, everybody: “Hey” Abbott can get away with the use of a term like “Colour”but a football commentator cannot say “coloured,” as that is considered condescensional coming from a White Briton.

      Has that cleared it up for you?

    • 205
      Fish says:

      That’s what they call ‘coloured’ people in the US

  48. 110
    Lefty Sabotage says:

    This type of comment is quite simply a naked attempt to increase racial tension and provoke civil unrest – yet another Labour effort to make the country harder to govern for the Coalition.

  49. 111
    wotson says:

    and she believes so much in state education ,she sends her kids to private schools: some are more equal than others especially in Ackney

  50. 113
    Drop a daisy cutter on the BBC says:

    The BBC are in full defence mode of Abbott right now on Radio 5, they’ve lined up lots of callers called Abdul and Mohammed to attack nasty white boys for daring to call Abbott what she is, A RACIST.

  51. 120
    Anonymous says:

    Not all racists are white you know,it works both ways…………..

  52. 122
    Anonymous says:

    Racist sexist and exploits the poor.
    Vote Liebore for more just like her.

  53. 127
    Ed Explains says:

    I completely agwee with what Diane hath said. Racial tension ith very important to the Labour Party so we can pose as the tholution to the problem and thupport a whole minority victim industry based around it. Why do you think we opened the immigration floodgates to ensure a permanently high level of racial fwiction and disharmony? Thilly people!

  54. 129
    Hideously white says:

    Well don’t just blog about it, call the police and make a complaint.

    Or are you merely pissing in the wind?

  55. 131

    Do you know the way to San Jose?

  56. 133
    Missing Billy says:

    Come on Billy. Defend her right etc.

  57. 140
    Not surprised says:

    “One of my staffers did it then ran away!”

    “I don’t know which one, they all look the same to me!”

  58. 144
    Glad We Could Be Of Help says:

    Mostly from Labour-supporting trolls and other assorted nutters.

  59. 146
    Andy says:

    If a white person had said any of the things about blacks that she said about whites, the sh!t would have truly hit the fan and Mzzz Abbott would have been leading the cause.
    Can anyone defend her racist rantings? Are her ‘brothers and sisters’ going to ride to her rescue, or are they beginning to see the (rather unpleasant) light about this racist woman?

  60. 147
    BillyBob... says:

    Too many people starving in the world, she ate all the pies!

  61. 148
    BillyBob... says:

    A taxi can only take so much weight……

  62. 149
    MAD FRANKIE HADDOCK son of says:

    Ha ha ha Iran must be quaking in it’s boot
    after Call me Dave says “If Iran close the Straights of Hormuz Britain will get involved !

    I bet Armoured Dinnerjacket is still pissing himself
    What we going over in Dave a fuckin north sea ferry ?

    • 156
      BillyBob... says:

      I just hope they do better than the last time the RN got involved with I..ran :)

      • 167
        I'll have some of that says:

        Did they ever get their iPods back?

      • 168
        Able Seaman Blubbing says:

        I’m leaving my iPod at home this time.

        • 198
          Army and Navy closing down sale. says:

          Not going to be a problem this time round!

          • toadmeister says:

            Some ten years ago, a West Indian friend of mine asked me to visit his Estate Agent’s office in S London where Ms Abbott was to address members of the local business community. One of the issues bought up was the establishment of a ‘Black Bank’. I understood this referred to a Caribbean Bank more sympathetic to their needs than established High St Banks.
            Dianne Abbott’s reply astonished me, and I still remember her exact words. She said she had bought up the matter of a Banking License with the Treasury, but they had turned her down saying …’they didn’t want a bunch of wogs running a Bank’.
            I know it was a closed meeting and does it really matter, but imagine her reaction if she had heard a Tory MP using such language! Enough synthetic stimulated anger to fill a dozen Macpherson Enquiries.

    • 223
      MAD FRANKIE HADDOCK son of says:

      They should issue our sailors with cyanide pills just in case they get captured
      Death must be an easier option than having to wear one of those fuckin suits

  63. 151
    Anonymous says:

    the debate about all things labour continues – meanwhile the coalition government (unelected) rapes the country and kills disabled people

    • 203
      Anonymong talking bollox says:

      The coalition received the majority of the votes of the UK electorate. What are you suggesting should have happened?

      • 218
        Anonymous says:

        I don’t remember the coalition standing as a party on the election papers
        fuckwit

        • 221
          Anonymous says:

          in fact Cameron couldn’t wait to jump in with the libs so that he could be PM – whether we liked it or not!!!

        • 232
          Ivor Tapeworm says:

          Labour got fewer votes than the Tories. And Labour tried to negotiate a coalition with the LibDems too. And failed.

          Now fuck off.

          • Anonymous says:

            and it s still not the government anybody voted for

            so fuck off yersel’

          • giant bee says:

            Anonymous, you are Martin Day and I claim my 50 shekels. Presumably you’d have been happier seeing another tenure of the government that since 1997 has fucking destroyed every aspect of the UK ? Not that there’s much difference compared to the lot we have in now, I grant you.

  64. 153
    MAD FRANKIE HADDOCK son of says:

    Could we not sell the fat cow to the glue factory ?

  65. 155
    The Green Man says:

    Abbot routinely plays the race card, so it is entirely reasonable to call her own hypocrisy* to account.

    (*or should that be Hippo-crisy?)

  66. 157
    Lord Bragg of Dorset says:

    Would it help if I sang a shite song about all this?

    I’m sure me mates at the BBC would put it on at peak time.

  67. 158
    Rhonddablue says:

    I take no offence at this. Crying Racism is a silly game, played by silly people like Abbott and others who are obsessed by it. Abbott is just a daft hypocrite.

    • 204
      We are in a war says:

      No it’s using their own tactics against them to our own advantage for once.

      The left and their useful idiots play with a stacked deck. It’s time people wised up.

    • 227
      Dredd says:

      It is not a game .

      The tram lady is in prison for merely voicing her opinion.

      No reason why Abbot should not have an adjacent cell for doing the same thing.

      Or scrap the law.

      Equality for all, one way or the other.

      • 246
        Rhonddablue says:

        It IS a game though, where individuals seek to gain advantage or satisfaction according to quite specific rules. Abbott understands those rules – people like her wrote them, after all -, but her clumsy play makes her merely laughable. Tram Lady doesn’t understand the rules and her public abuse of specific individuals on grounds of race make her offensive under any circumstances.

        If you want to interpret Abbott’s idiocy as a direct personal insult, then you are getting involved in a stupid game which has no winners. Laughing at her from the sidelines is the best option.

        • 248
          Dredd says:

          No reason why Abbot should not have an adjacent cell for doing the same thing.

          Or scrap the law.

          Equality for all, one way or the other.

  68. 159
    Rh- says:

    non-whites cant be bigots or racists or criminals and socialists are smarter and just better people …. at least they are in the star trek universe where everyone has little goatee beards (and is evil)

  69. 161
    Unseat rEd says:

    Diane to lead Labour. #FTW

  70. 170
    Drop a daisy cutter on the BBC says:

    Laugh at the moronic student called ‘Aran’ who came on the Radio 5 phone in right at the end. I’m guessing it took that long for him to crawl out of bed, 10am is an early start for a student.

  71. 174
    Aulde Nick says:

    Meanwhile, Hague has gone to Bumar or someplace.

  72. 177
    BillyBob... says:

    Moddies must have had their bacon sandwich, so much tidying up now going on.

    A very entertaining morning :)

  73. 178
    Clint Oris says:

    She should have her PIP implant removed and replaced with a brain.

  74. 184
    MacGuffin says:

    I know most people here do not care much for the health of the Labour Party, but for the benefit of British democracy, it is time for Labour to clear out these dinosaurs – Abbott, Livingstone, etc.

  75. 187
    Ah! Monika says:

    She says’s her tweet “was taken out of context.”

    How can a tweet be taken out of context??

  76. 188
    Sir Minge Campbells says:

    No matter whether this fat pig is a racist or not, she is above the race laws given her ethnicity

    • 195
      BBC Radio Five scum presenter says:

      This is a non story concocted by hate filled white, English racists

  77. 191
    Ah! Monika says:

    Question.
    Would it be racist if someone took a print off this page and sent a copy To ED and DA

  78. 202
    Trev Phillips says:

    You stupid lump! How are we going to continue guilt tripping whities if you keep opening your big mouth and putting your foot in it? I’m on a bloody good little earner here – don’t wreck it.

  79. 206
    The BBC says:

    The BBC still not reporting this matter.
    The BBC is institutionally racist, institutionally Leftist,Institutionally cocaine heads

  80. 219
    MAD FRANKIE HADDOCK son of says:

    some Labour muttering that she must go

    Ed to make a statement

  81. 224
    morethanfreeman says:

    White MP tweets: Black people love playing ‘divide & rule’ We should not play their game.

    Is this racist?

  82. 228
    Dick the Butcher says:

    Stop it.
    To pretend to be offended by her is to be on the same level as professional offendees like Polly Twatface, Penny Dreadful et al.

    Can’t you see that your faux outrage will perpetuate this racist, sexist, classist nonsense? Taking them seriously must give them some credence.

    The correct response to all lefty dribblings is a good guffaw.

  83. 229
    Harry T says:

    I took my dog for a walk last night with an old friend I hadn’t seen for ages..She is a magistrate now, was widowed 15 years ago and has a 16 year old lad who is the spit of his dad..A nice lad he is as well inoffensive to the core..

    Over Christmas he was badly beaten by 3 Yoots for “looking at them”…I said you are going the the police right?..No point they are useless, he is White they won’t be bothered was the reply…

    Come to think all my White friends with teenagers have had them beaten robbed abused..

    Maybe the West Indian moms should step in and stop this madness..

    • 251
      JH says:

      They’d go to the wall for their kids, you know.

      Pity this does not seem to extend to ‘bring them up knowing the difference between right and wrong, and don’t turn the streets into crime-ridden gang-war hellholes’.

  84. 237
    9th Ramone says:

    Abbott has always been a self-serving hypocrit who’s some way short of as clever as she thinks she is, so none of this should come as a surprise. Insp. Knacker questioning her under caution would be appropriate, but for the waste of public money and police time. And you just know that her first response would be ‘But don’t you know who I am? These laws don’t apply to me . . . . ‘

  85. 239
    Mark Austin says:

    Is it just me, or has the offending tweet vanished from her account:

    http://twitter.com/hackneyabbott

    Also, the BBC has now reported the issue. In very bland terms, emphasising the apology:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16423278

  86. 242
    Honky says:

    I love the smell of fake-offended white people in the morning.

    • 257
      JH says:

      It’s not what she said that pisses people off. It’s the fact that swap the races and there would be a right hoo-ha is the issue.

      But then, you knew that.

  87. 249
    Jimmy says:

    “At a time when the media is having a long overdue conversation about racism,”

    With this blog leading the way of course.

  88. 250
    socialistworker says:

    Poor Diane

    Perhaps she could get some counselling over her racist remarks.

  89. 255
    Bigoted Woman says:

  90. 256
    Xavier Onassis says:

    Race relations and tolerance only work one way in this country. If a white MP had written this and substituted the word “black” for “white” in Abbott’s tirade, he or she would have been crucified. But Abbot says it’s all our fault because we’ve mis-interpreted it. An own goal for equality and diversity, methinks!

  91. 260
    DENTON says:

    THE PROBLEM WITH WHAT DIANE ABBOTT SAID IS THAT IT IS THERE IN BLACK AND WHITE; THE PEN IS TRULY MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

  92. 264
    Passer by says:

    England, 2050

    The UK desintegrated. Northern Ireland joined Ireland, and Scotland became independent republic. Both of them were immigration unfriendly. Their leadership declared that they will keep Ireland for the Irish people, and Scotland for the Scotish people. Argentine took the Falklands.

    Meanwhile, the English flag was chaned – the cross was removed since it was considered to be offensive to many people. England was no longer officialy christian country. Christmas was no longer a public Holiday. Christmas and New Year trees were no longer allowed in public, since they were considered to be racist and xenophobic symbols. There was an intense debate whether the year was 2050 AD, or it was 1471 AH. The old New Year holiday was no longer official, since it conflicted with the muslim calendar.
    There was no such thing as english name. Arab, Hindu, and turkish names were considered to be english names as well, while Mohammed was the most popular “english” name. Many streets names were changed to arab names. London was renamed to Londonistan. Crosses were removed from ambulances to minimize the risk of riots.
    The Greenwich Meridian was sold to Mecca. The food in public institutions was Halal only.
    History was rewritten. The english were described as bad, guilty people, racists and nazis, who created havoc and mischief around the world. Emigration was described as a punisment against them, where the innocent people from around the world came to England to punish the english racists for their deeds. The streets were no longer safe for the english minority. They were often attacked for being white, or for being infidels. The PM recently declared that since only white people can be racist, hate crimes against the english does not exist.

  93. 265
    A true Brit says:

    The phrase ‘skin colour’ is such a over-generalisation.It is only a superficial indicator or what lies beneath with regard to culture,slavish following of a religion etc etc etc. and must not be used to group people!
    What she said is CLEARLY racist under our laws.We,our govenment, is running scared of this sort of thing.
    SACK HER & pursue her under the law.

  94. 268
    Winston Smith says:

    The definition of a hate crime from the Metropolitan Police Service website – ‘Any incident that is perceived by the victim, or any other person to be racist, homophobic, transphobic or due to a person’s religion, belief, gender identity or disability’. I look forward to reading about the court case.

  95. 270
    Mark says:

    I think you’re all being very unfair. Diane Abbott’s entire life and career have clearly been taken out of context.

    • 281
      A true Brit says:

      I think you are making a joke….Do we know what the ‘context’ is ,that it has been removed from?…..Or are we all being ‘yanked’ around by a black biggot?

  96. 271
    Bill Foster says:

    Do we have an example of this “divide and rule” by “white people” in contemporary UK?

  97. 273
    Bill Foster says:

    Contrast the “divide and rule” practised by “white people” with the building of solidarity amongst “white people” by black people who post tweets such as the one under discussion.

    In reality, I believe that the majority of UK residents have moved beyond using skin colour as a categorisation if for no other reason that it has become meaningless with immigration from every corner of the globe and a great deal of intermarriage and consequent offspring. Only a politician looking for a following would consider distinguishing between skin colours.

  98. 276
    Anonymous says:

    I have made a formal complaint to Ed Miliband and I am considering reporting her to the police.

    I would urge others to do the same.

    This fat, racist, marxist waste of space has finally been hoist by her own 40 watt IQ.

  99. 277
    Anonymous says:

    Interesting to see Abbott claiming that the tweet referred to colonial times and has been taken out of context. If that is the case why did she say white people “love” to divide and rule rather than “loved” in the past tense. She has been caught out being racist and if spineless Ed has the balls he would sack her as he would demand the same of Cameron if a Tory minister said something along similar lines. Ed is weak and therefore will sit on his hands and do nothing whilst the rest of the Labour lovies make excuses for her. Just how many times can she ame a fool of herself from private education for her kids to comments about white mums before they dump her ? Truth is it is ok for a black person to make racist comments but not a white one.

  100. 279
    Brad says:

    @DianeAbbott – you are a fat, racist, hypocritical, thick waste of space.

    If I was forced to apologise, I would still think you are a fat, racist, hypocritical, thick waste of space (and you would still be offended!)

  101. 280
    Worthington Darrix says:

    As they say – The road to Hell is paved with left-wing ‘good’ intentions.

  102. 282
    forgotten man says:

    To adapt a poker saying

    “If you can’t see the racist around the table you are probably it”

  103. 283
    Charlie says:

    How has she not been sacked? “we ( black people ) should not play their ( white people ) game”,not devisive at all,is it? Good grief! Demand her removal and when that fails,vote the heifer out!

  104. 286
    Anonymous says:

    No chance she’s a nigot

  105. 288
    Anonymous says:

    OK. I’ll offend her back:

    “I apologise for any offence caused in advance

    1. Diane Abbott is so fat she irons her pants on the driveway.
    2 Diane Abbot is so nasty she makes Right Guard turn left.
    3. Diane Abbot is so stupid she got sacked from the M&M factory for throwing out the ‘W’s.

    “I understand Diane may interpret my comments as making generalisations about Diane. I do not believe in doing that.”

  106. 290
    fat racist cow says:

    She has done this before.
    Soon after she became an MP she said
    “All white people are racist”.
    Can anyone recall when/where she said that?

  107. 291
    fat racist cow says:

    OK, found it. It was in the Tory election campaign of 1987 that she was quoted saying “all white people are racist”

  108. 295
    PaderB says:

    I do not know if it is still the case as I now live in Bristol but some 20 odd years ago, I was active in the Tenant Participation movement in the London Borough of Southwark.

    All of the local Tenants Associations were presented with a draft ‘Constitution’ which included the mandatory clause that “Racism is defined as violence or intimidation of black/ethnic minorities persons by some white people”. Several Associations including my own objected to this and were treated to several diatribes on ‘Home Office statistics’ on how likely black/ethnic minority people were more likely to be assaulted but strangely, according to the Council, no such statistics were collected to show how likely ‘whites’ were likely to be attacked by ethnic minorities or Black on Black violence.

    Failure to include the above clause verbatim in an Associations Constitution resulted in the threat that particular Association would be denied funding.

    Until politicians become honest in their response to racism OF ANY KIND, there will always be the bleating of the kind portrayed by Sasha Baron Cohen, “Is it cos I is Black?”

  109. 299
    Sir Boob a Jobalot says:

    Shame Ms Abbott couldn’t keep the twatter thing going much longer, its respite from endless reruns of the fake PIP boobs being sliced open, and some goo spilling out some clear some brown (notice the man with the badly chewed nails) and a slate of ageing old hags, with minimal communications skills bemoaning the fact that their sawbones had “gawn an’ dun a runna” and “I ain’t got the money to get these out and replaced wiv bigga wans unless the NHS does it.” Her lisp is grating though and didn’t she once work as a producer for Thames TV?

  110. 309
    Anonymous says:

    Her comment declaring that ‘”London Cabbies are racist, cause they dont pick up black people” are a disgrace. The quicker the labour leadership sack this blatant racist pest, the better. As a London Cabbie, I would never pick her up cause she aint worth it !!

    Its a shame cause most people I meet are nice people of all colours, creeds and nationalities. She has done the brown people of this world no favours at all.

    SACK THE IDIOT !!

    JC

  111. 311
    Ade says:

    But she’s right, we do like to divide and conqEUr, look at us Brits, look at the F’ing mess we are in because we can’t work together to elect some decent Politicians.
    I’m sorry, Diane Abbot is correct and she’s entitled to an opinion.
    It’s not like she said all white babies should be incinerated at birth is it.

    Look around yoy, Where are we Brits going if we do not unite and start working together.



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