Perpetual moaner Diane Abbott, Mother of the House, has taken up whinging about Labour again, after a brief pause following her return of the whip. Speaking at the Southbank Centre in London yesterday, Abbott trotted out the familiar grievance: “there is no doubt that there’s institutional racism in the Labour Party.” Conveniently leaving out the fact she herself spent over a year under investigation for… racism. Naturally, she labelled that inquiry as racist as well…
Abbott went on to accuse Starmer of being “harsher than Tony Blair” in his purge of the Corbynistas, stating that “the Left of the party is on the downturn at the minute.” Someone grab the tissues..
Speaking about Morgan McSweeney’s resignation, skills minister Jacqui Smith told Times Radio:
“It’s clearly not ideal but I do understand why Morgan, as he explained, decided to resign at this point. But the important thing as you say is how we both tackle what this Epstein and Mandelson scandal has identified and also how we make sure, as the prime minister is absolutely determined to, that we continue the change that the country needs and that’s what I’m focusing on this morning.”