Diane Abbott on LBC policing interview - BBC News

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott says she does know her figures over Labour's policing plans and that she previously misspoke, as she listens back to her LBC interview with Nick Ferrari. She was speaking to Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn.
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[@lron7593]

Presenter: Diane, What's 10+10? Diane: The point is, why add 10+10 when you can do 10+20 - 20? Presenter: But that would make it 10? Diane: About 10.

[@yvore1]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@nickpage473]

🤔

[@csquire9465]

I’m a labour supporter but I laughed so much at this 🤣 👏

[@alfredconnor1457]

@@yvore1 oik5

[@relaxitaxi]

AHAHAHAHAHHHA!!! 🏆

[@pardss9737]

She was the best advertisement to vote Conservative.

[@luckyboy407]

😂 😂 😂 😂 That's brilliantly funny.

[@chriswatson3464]

Was she a tory plant?

[@larasutherland2260]

So true- she messes up all the time. She is so bad at her position it is both hilarious and terrifying that people actually put her in a leadership position.

[@kennethtombling205]

SHE WAS ASKED WHY DO YOU SAY BLACK SINGLE MOTHERS ARE BEST WHEN 90 PC OF KNIFE CRIME IS DONE BY BLACK BOYS OH SHE SAID I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY 10 PC WHY DO YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE I CAN ONLY COUNT UP TO 10

[@prg2812]

"You're not on top of your brief" she was told. That's how she got the job, from being on top of the wrong briefs.

[@jimmyskyblue6057]

If she becomes Home Secretary, I’m emigrating to Somalia.

[@jimmyskyblue6057]

Wolfsschanze Lol not a fuckin chance, Jeremy Corbyn has been there. 🤣

[@achiengothohakiyaw6425]

😂😂😂Come to Kenya

[@dudexoxoxo6837]

Thank god

[@jasonwang2073]

dude Xoxoxo thank god indeed.

[@simonshort8581]

If shes home secretary she will turn this place into Somalia

[@andyowens2441]

2+1= about 17

[@steventhomas3918]

If we were to add the 2 and the 1, it would make aboooouut.... aboooouuttt..... 300,000.

[@xoStarstruck]

*a b o u t*

[@rush1461]

just asked dine some more abbot and she said your wrong andy,,,10 quid per 20,0000,00000,0000,000 = 50 quid per officer per annum

[@littletraveller5428]

It will come to, it’s about, 210 over 3 years.

[@robertcreasey4719]

Unbelievable so backwards. 😤

[@DanRSN]

I don't care about her race or gender as some people want to focus on. But the fact that she is incompetent and then tries to talk down to people grates on me.

[@bossrabbit]

Plus she's a massive racist.

[@jospehbloggington7571]

She hates white men especially native Britons.

[@damianearl4929]

@@jospehbloggington7571 then corbyn is simply stupid then

[@rioeiokha9653]

Her race and gender IS important, Because the fatass has made a career out of playing the race card,

[@lesglover9353]

Jesus there is thick and there is thick.

[@durham6551]

She is the worst MP to sit in parliament, ever.

[@IronMan-qi3yg]

And that's saying something

[@romangora9164]

Jeremy Corbyn is worse

[@mickytaylor2879]

She is AWFUL .... but she aint alone .... Anna Soubry and Emily Thornberry are right up there with her in the dumb charts.

[@rioeiokha9653]

@Reck Fredreck she should stick to eating kfc buckets and leave the politics to the humans

[@hugo4086]

Now shadow secretary

[@vjab1108]

Her SON has been ARRESTED for assaulting a POLICE OFFICER.

[@LifeOhLife1981]

Yes unbelievable!! The same son she sent to price school while she has been many many times on TV saying she is anti private schools

[@MrBannystar]

Those police officers were probably "racist" and perniciously targeted him only because he's black and the son of Abbott. Although, I don't blame them for being angry if they're only getting £30 a year.

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

@@LifeOhLife1981 and claimed "black people" get a bad start in life, which is why they turn to crime lol Couldn't get any more ironic or hypocritical.

[@lovelondon806]

vjab1108 poor police officer. Assaulted and only on an 8k salary

[@Ggqresh]

@@MrBannystar oh shut up

[@jonnybingham1]

Average PC salary: £31,000. X 10,000 =£310m. Wage bill over 4 years. £1.24bn. Dianne Abbott: about £80m.

[@gokulvshetty]

I love how the British don't give a bloody damn about someone's race or gender, when they call them out for their BS or incompetence

[@Lommy9999]

Is it possible that she wanted to say 300M per year but said 300K and then got further confused?

[@barrysmith4674]

Yeah but in that position we don’t want someone who makes daft mistakes like that

[@razorblade136]

Wow. Not right is it.

[@georgeyboy8186]

@@Lommy9999 yea but the problem is the condescending tone and the flat out denial any time she’s caught out. She’s literally saying “don’t look at the bs policing figures I just quoted, you’re not interested in policing”…

[@MegaHooper25]

Forcing her to listen back to it - so embarrassing 😂

[@childofthe60s100]

- but not as embarrassing as her saying it in the first place.

[@edwardtrunk5596]

£30 per Police Officer Diane, can I buy a few please ?

[@tom360063]

I'll buy a few for the garden.

[@jamesmoylan2861]

Fast forward a year. May says shortage of police nothing to do with knife crime. Hammond Announces £100,000,000.for police. Dianes Abbott's plan was for 3 Times the amount. She suffered a lot of abuse on line perhaps in the street and in the pub. The publican can to a certain extent control what is said . But ultimately it is up to the people in the pub to report anything vile. To the police.

[@littletraveller5428]

I’ll take ten for round the clock security

[@branflakes12341]

tom360063 😂😂

[@LaggardlySort]

Remember that's £30 for a four year stint as well. So it's only going to set you back £7.50 to get one for the year

[@johnsmith-bx4rn]

voted labour all my life , this is the reason i'll never vote labour again

[@denwinter7730]

Same as me mate

[@kennethperry5500]

WWWWWWHAT U DONT FANCY THIS STUNNING INTELLIGENT WOMAN ?

[@denwinter7730]

@@kennethperry5500 yeah she's a cracking sort 😂😂

[@samjacobs7508]

Can you imagine if this idiot was put in charge of every copper in the country? That is what a labour government looks like. Scared? You should be 🤣😭🇬🇧

[@littletraveller5428]

Wish the rest of labour voters would wake up

[@maxthepolarbear5580]

She accurately represents the Labour Party

[@ceelo206]

Commies are bad at math and economics. What a shock!

[@justapexreally2885]

Torrie caunts

[@lukejs3182]

She doesn't accurately represent the labour party, she is an embarrassment TO the labour party. The Tories have massively increased poverty and homelessness while Labour is is promising to clean up the MASSIVE mess that the Tories have made in this country...

[@justapexreally2885]

LukeJS couldn't agree more but couldn't be bothered to explain lmao

[@justapexreally2885]

LukeJS mad how loads of conservative votes are from people who live in poverty because of conservative and continue to vote conservative because they don't understand

[@douglasmenzies9313]

Who would vote Labour with someone like that in their cabinet ?

[@jameshogan6142]

Everyone who doesn't like Tory.

[@masterbeethoven8209]

She needs a quick maths lesson from Big Shaq

[@olliefrancis3740]

2+2 is 4-1 that’s 3 quick maths

[@royboy6301]

Dianne Abbott + Labour = DISASTER.

[@rapsy1699]

When invited for another interview she said sorry i cant make it that day but i can fit you in on the 46th of March at about a quarter to fifteen.

[@djangorheinhardt]

Very droll!, LOL !

[@Lommy9999]

LOLLL

[@jopink7674]

But she has a great Darth vadar helmet haircut!!!

[@shadfaquir4873]

Dianne i am your father.. Dianne Noooooooooooooo

[@martinsomers1972]

:) But remember... when she supported the IRA she had a different haircut!

[@allahspreadshate6486]

And Darth Vader's mouth breathing.

[@lovemonster666]

Looks more like Jabba the Hutt

[@scottbettencourt4605]

Jo Pink lol

[@angeltupi]

As a Labour supporter I must say, she´s not fit for the job. She should simply resign.

[@rossgower5089]

angeltupi same here

[@slapmyfunkybass]

You still voting Labour after this? Not being rude it's a genuine question. This isn't just a mistake, this reflects someone incapable of doing the job. And you'll be voting her in to do that job. What happens in a crisis, security and military advisers informing her of the details, will she retain that information?

[@rossgower5089]

angeltupi To be honest no one 100% agrees with or likes everyone in a political party, not in this day and age. It is important to also have your own opinion and not blindly follow everything a party says. I would vote labour if I was old enough, I still have one pubical hair 😂

[@bobrail733]

slapmyfunkybass and this uneducated brainless idiot if corby wins could become deputy prime minister It just doesn't bear thinking about how can any party let such a thick black anti white get to such a position of authority 👎👎👎👎

[@finnpeters7867]

angeltupi agreed

[@stewk1378]

She is nicking a living

[@MOGGS1942]

She should be cleaning, ironing and cooking for a White family. She'd like that.

[@shadowslip7125]

She was one of many reasons why the Tories won.

[@tracypanavia4634]

Like Ed Balls, last time around

[@utrapzab]

unbelievable that she retained her seat, it says alot about her electorate

[@superseven220]

The electorate in Hackney would elect a jellyfish if it had a Labour rosette on! 😂😂

[@christophersargent6385]

Peter Gillam a jelly fish is alot more usefull and inteligent than drab bott.

[@truffleshuffle009]

It's basically the same thing in the U.S with trump. Like he even said he could walk down a street and murder someone and he would not lose any voters. In all fairness, he got lucky because the people actually voted for Hilliary she won the votes but the electoral college decided to give it to trump. I mean neither person should be in the white house in my opinion but I think Hillary would have been the lesser of the two evils.

[@hicmad]

@@truffleshuffle009 Are americans incapable of not dragging their love or hate of Trump into every conceivable topic?

[@ivorbiggun710]

A seat as safe as the Bank of England although, of course, the Bank of England would have been in great peril had this bunch of idiots won the election.

[@Volvoman90]

£80m still only equates to £8k per officer...

[@TheBanditoLad]

jonnyf88 2k a year, and she tries to play off she misspoke. It’s ok leave her in Labour they won’t get a majority.

[@TheDaverobinson]

They’d average about 30k a year - so 300million

[@idol717]

@Swords And sandals no not 30 k its 8k in 4 yrs so 2k a year

[@weepingangel6805]

2:58 - "The public will understand that you don't want to talk about the issues" No, Diane, no. The public will understand that you are not fit for office. You are on a gravy train and have been for many years significantly overpaid for doing very little work to then retire on a cushy gold-plated pension plan. This is what the public understands.

[@johnbeaumont4153]

She is the best thing to happen to the Conservatives in a generation

[@bEEBO178]

I'm concinced she's a tory double agent

[@JohnSmith-hf8zn]

@@bEEBO178 Great thinking

[@nathant3347]

This interview still cracks me up

[@markyboyno1114]

Spot on !!!!............. if i'm feeling fed-up with life i just re-watch her......Cheer's me no End !!!

[@inferno1241]

She needs to resign.

[@edmundblackadder2741]

the infernal atheist llama but what will she do without paying for all her bills and housing without tax payers money? lmao, don't get me wrong I don't believe politicians shouldn't use that money to have basic essentials because that's their income, its if they live modestly not say spending £50 on a lunch than your weeks shopping lol.

[@deborahsutherland8324]

LlamaDude and yet she’s still here!

[@ericnijkamp7926]

She needs to go to Court....!

[@BarryShite25]

My my, imagine putting this woman into power 🤦‍♂️ this is what happens when race and gender set precedence over intelligence and capability.

[@forreal8704]

So true !!!!

[@childofthe60s100]

The sad fact is - there are so many more eligible and capable, candidates of both sexes who would do much better job than she will ever be capable of.

[@alanmurphy8137]

Worrying thing is, she's not far off, not worried about her, I'm more concerned about the people letting her loose. It proves one thing, white people Havnt got equality, this proves everything, even look at the ads on TV.

[@cantagiousca5220]

She made people racist

[@lardy70s]

Best comment ever. Unfortunately gender and race takes precedence over competence and capability. Take a look at our current government?.

[@KEYUNTISER]

Who's seen the photo of her canvassing in two left shoes?

[@henrytheeightheist8091]

The reason for that is it helps her go round in circles much easier....

[@thobraa]

Henry TheEighth lol the comment section is close to the best thing about youtube!

[@henrytheeightheist8091]

@@thobraa .... now try explaining to her that her shoe is on the wrong foot and the right foot at the same time 😂

[@Soundcloud765]

It was a photoshop. People are so naive and lazy for factchecks nowadays or simply passionate in their hatred that will believe any fake news that serve their interests.

[@thobraa]

@@Soundcloud765 "muh hate" lol

[@TheJohnCooper]

She can’t even admit her mistakes. That’s the sign of a dignified person.

[@Jon908584]

Who on Earth told you to write that rubbish? Dianne Abbott or her benefit claiming supporters? If she had any dignity she wouldn't have stood for public office in the first place.

[@TheJohnCooper]

@@Jon908584 you clearly didnt read my comment properly

[@andysedgley]

@@Jon908584 Have you never heard of sarcasm? 😉

[@HaggardPillockHD]

🤣🤣🤣

[@pauledwards4274]

more the sign of a fool

[@alstalda]

I've watched this so many times and still find it amusing! I wouldn't let Diane Abbott manage a sweet shop let alone the country's Police Forces as Home Secretary! 😂

[@dannyjohnson5739]

She'd a idiot

[@thedutchnerd3895]

I know

[@user-vm9hh2se7s]

Not even the school tuck shop

[@tonysmall3863]

I still come back to this at time when I need a giggle.

[@peteb7702]

Can you imagine her doing a Cobra meeting during a major crisis when the security services want answers and not excuses

[@phildobson8705]

Pete B she would be telling Cobra she answered correctly 6 x why they only sent a community policeman to tackle machete hacking jihadist after car hire depo reported suspicious bearded man hiring a large vehicle

[@andyelliott8027]

Is there a more RETARDED, STUPID, UNEMPLOYABLE THICK MORON within 5000 miles of the Houses of Parliament?

[@mjh5437]

@@andyelliott8027 Lots

[@atrisharma1184]

andy elliott Yes. Corbyn.

[@AntonJoshuasheehan]

Makes you Sick thinking could have happened

[@josephcollard9280]

From that second at when she started talking and went “weelllllll” you knew she had no idea 😂😂

[@howardramsey7243]

Needed a laugh! Still works a treat after all these years!

[@paulstarmer4572]

diane abbot knows her figures? my arse. the only figure she knows is size 18

[@lvo-videos1335]

JØ you don't have many friends do you

[@lvo-videos1335]

JØ you don't even have any content, and that doesn't take away from my point that you're obviously a sad lonely sack of shit just by the way you act

[@maxbacon4828]

Oh yes it does!

[@billwellington4222]

This IRA sympathiser couldn't find her way out of a phone box unaided. That's assuming she'd get her size 28 frame in one in the first place. To think Corbyn gave it bed space......fart and give me a clue Diane!!!!

[@shaneschofield6303]

@Paul Starmer... and some might say "That's a stretch!"

[@markws5952]

She's like a political Alan Partridge, she must be a made up character.

[@jackwatson3944]

This is what happens when they pick people just to be diverse.

[@tropicalstormxox9444]

If they picked people based on skill this country would probs be fun by Asians don’t kid yourself hun🤣

[@Calcearius]

She has been in the Labour party since well before this whole positive discrimination stupidity started. She actually is the best Labour have to offer.....

[@alexaustin7157]

@@tropicalstormxox9444 That would be brilliant. People who have embraced the benefits of this country, educated themselves and made a success of it. Not people who are professional victims and benefit from positive discrimination to further their careers like this clown.

[@MarlboroughBlenheim1]

Poor woman. Out of her depth. Shamed and embarrassed here. But then she’s accountable. That’s the system.

[@spaceman6194]

HOME SECRETARY !!!!????? WE ARE DOOOOOOMED !!! DOOOOOOOOMED !!!!!

[@craigsimons817]

This person could be the Home Secretary in a few weeks time. Many years ago she labelled New Labour racist for recruiting nurses from Scandinavia and not Africa and the Caribbean.

[@robertsimkin3949]

Corbyn ,Abbot and Thornberry how could anyone vote for so called MPs such as these

[@andrewcarpenter811]

When I'm feeling low, I watch this, it always cheers me up 😂😂

[@rossgower5089]

she really irritates me

[@drrobrobster9812]

I think the hamster keeps falling off its wheel ! Like the he-man hair cut though lol

[@prabhdeep__]

She did more for the conservatives than they did for themselves.

[@littlenemo14]

When ever I’m feeling down and depressed, I always come to dear old Diane for a good laugh 😆 😂😂😂😂😂

[@paulquinn7980]

I think she should have her own comedy show and maybe embarrassing show😂

[@josephdilascio9352]

I’m from the US and I love hearing this woman interview it’s like live comedy I almost want to think she is trolling no one can be like this

[@longday3607]

Every time Diane Abbott speaks all I can do is 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@smehmet21]

Pure comedy gold! Please interview her more!

[@borisjohnson7409]

This walrus couldn't find her considerable arse in the bath. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cliffmatthews6106]

Diane Abbott is the reason why I will never vote labour again !

[@stevemeyer4765]

She was “struggling” to find the figures! LOL!!!

[@regularjo-blob-8149]

Shocking to believe that people like Diane get into top government jobs. Thought I was poor at arithmetic but Jesus!! There’s hope for us all 😂

[@jim9667]

Blame the brainlets who just elect her every time. I get there are safe seats but fuck me, she's an obvious disgrace with absolutely no benefits.

[@lardy70s]

Because she's a black woman who's thick!

[@dougiemcbriar1998]

I visit this regularly as it makes me happy. This woman cheers me up

[@bez750]

Me too. It makes me happy and sad

[@enoz.j3506]

Stand up comedy at its finest,and there's me thinking all our best comedians had died.

[@mikejones-tf6zo]

wish she would get a decent wig

[@simonrook5743]

In none of the other interviews did she give the figures and she STILL didn't give them in this one!

[@1jimmy534]

Shadow Home Secretary! I’m not feeling too confident.

[@Alphoric]

2:35 saying Diana is an example of actual misspeaking

[@rodneymarsh377]

The epitome of a lefty :-)

[@thornbird6768]

Rodney Marsh the epitome of stupidity

[@apollonia6656]

Rodney, An epitomy of idiocy.

[@charlybellcrank5922]

Was absolutely desperate to scream “RACIST! Ha end of argument. I win”

[@bmarkyt132]

Ah I seee..I clearly miss-wrote my exam results all those years ago and actually should have got straight A’s

[@superstarshaker7402]

They will cooooossssst, it will coooosssst, aboooouut.....😂😂

[@jamesgrey785]

Abbott is even thicker than Theresa May

[@jospehbloggington7571]

Oh no debate there not on the same category of intelligence may is smart just snarky and treacherous

[@arthurgarton4104]

James Grey of course she is but theresa may is just cowardly and is as much of a pr disaster as abbott but at least has a bit of intelligence this is also from a labour party member

[@purrfekt]

Great job interviewing. We need more of this type of hard hitting, penetrating questions to pin down the lying politicians today.

[@MOGGS1942]

She was an easy target though. My hamster could tie Abbott in shreds, and he's been dead for over 20 years.

[@Volvoman90]

Every minute this clown is the shadow Home Secretary, is another win for the tories. Let her be there for a few years more yet 🤣

[@zy6656]

Hmmm...Diane Maggot, not the sharpest tool in the box lol

[@thornbird6768]

z y off her face on Valium again !!!!

[@captainhindsight8779]

She’s embarrassing 😂😂😂

[@Oliviawww164]

I cant watch this its too emabarrassing 🤔

[@lesmartinsings]

The ineptitude is incredible and this lady is Shadow Home Secretary !

[@NellieKAdaba]

ok, no she doesn't know her figure, she hesitates and makes up some stuff. She's lying.

[@paulmg6031]

I vote conservative because of her

[@phooogle]

At least her windows are clean from all the licking of them she does.

[@jammiedodger629]

Diane Abbott:" If I don't know my figures, why did I do another elventyteen tenty hundred point four interviews?".

[@HaidurShah21]

Just goes to show that she tried reguritating a memorised script... She still failed in doing it properly. COW!😂

[@normanfawley7379]

I watch this when I'm feeling glum ! Great comedy.

[@conorsmith8551]

“I did 6 other interviews” I would have hit her back with “well surely then you would know the figures”

[@drrobrobster9812]

She would struggle collecting shopping trolley s at asda lol

[@MOGGS1942]

"How much do I need to put in the trolley to release it , Dianne "? " Oh, about 12 million pounds, or perhaps a bit less "

[@psychominded3243]

Abbott at her best, no sarcasm ment.

[@jimstrachan2773]

She tries to wing everything but fails miserably every time.

[@paulbain9262]

I bet her son doesn't want to talk about policing now 😂😂😂

[@tumbles8350]

So now it's 20,000 officers 🤣🤣🤣

[@ernie2421]

Staggering! This is why I don't vote.

[@bossrabbit]

This is why you should vote.. for anyone but Labour.

[@waynedavis7118]

Never gets old. All Johnson had to do to win was just play this on a loop for 5 weeks. Done

[@sebastianvagabond4692]

Whenever I’m feeling down I comeback to this. Life ain’t so bad these past eleventy years

[@bumheadfilmreviewsnstuff8056]

She's like a kid trying to convince her parents that she did nothing wrong.

[@jonesnj07]

*Interviewer in Red was Brutal i loved it*

[@Romanov3579]

She was absolutely brilliant

[@AntonJoshuasheehan]

@@Romanov3579 fortunately at keeping labor out of downing Street

[@ericnijkamp7926]

She just did her job,for us...the public,we want to know the thruth.

[@edwardtrunk5596]

Mis speaking is getting some words wrong. Stuttering, mumbling, and erring and umming is not mis speaking. This was not having the remotest idea of what she was talking about.

[@alanabroad3471]

"I did know my figures, I just mis-spoke".

[@dacut6806]

She could be the next Home Secretary! She did 6 interviews, good lord! How on earth could she cope with an abacus!?

[@placidrenegade]

Pure comedy gold

[@britishsubject8722]

Considering the now flagrant (but unacknowledged) bias of the BBC (and my 90 year old mother will be paying for this and the ludicrous salaries of Emily Maitlis and Jeremy Vine), it is amazing that this clip is still available on their KZbin channel. Impressive....kind of.

[@stephenhumphrey7935]

Did you know Diane Abbotts name in Latin is Thickus Shitus.

[@maalikserebryakov]

LMAO

[@philpexmelnni3834]

She sounded so proud of herself when she said ‘yeah’

[@michaelwalker1964]

she needs some maths lessons

[@awesomeavenger2810]

Corbyn's economics.

[@bossrabbit]

Abbott and Corbyn must have both attended the Bernie Sanders school of leftist economics.

[@lewisner]

Fun fact; Diane Abbott has roughly the same size brain as Albert Einstein.

[@SuperFerdie1965]

Credit where it's due. It would be hard to find a finer advocate of a Conservative government than this beautiful and highly intelligent lady.

[@edmundblackadder2741]

it's roughly a 30k a year job you do the math!

[@woundedsoldier1766]

This is a prime example of someone who has been given the job based on their skin rather than their skill.

[@charlespearson5268]

Can we please stop posting comments against poor Diane. I'm exhausted liking them 🤣🤣

[@liamdacre1818]

I wouldn’t trust her running a store never mind overseeing the police force as Home Secretary

[@skinbackyourpeel]

Apparently Diane Abbott has personally re-counted all the votes of the 2019 election, and can now announce that Labour has won by a clear majority!Also, she has talked in depth about her ethnicity and has stated she is 1/4 Ghanaian, 1/4 Jamaican, 1/4 Scottish, 1/2 English and 1/2 French.