Diane Abbott's speech in Hackney after Labour threaten candidacy

Diane Abbott has vowed to be the candidate for Hackney North and Stoke Newington amidst speculation over her political future.
While Labour leader Keir Starmer has said the party has restored the whip, her candidacy remains in jeopardy.
This is the first time she has spoken publicly since the row first broke out.
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[@lubberwalker]

She's so far left she sent her son to a private school. Champagne Socialism hasn't gone away.

[@adriftinaboat3452]

Diane Abbotts son was not given a place at the local State School. The Secondary school place that was allocated was not right for him. Abbott has said enough about her dilemma to intuit that there was a problem with a cohort of boys they wanted him to avoid at secondary school, and the school place he received would have thrown him into harms way As an MP she has worked hard to improve the local education offer all -Hackney schools are now considered excellent-so people coming up behind her are not faced with the same dilemma

[@lubberwalker]

@@adriftinaboat3452 Yeah. That must have been it. Can't have just been the obvious reason.

[@cch9680]

​@@adriftinaboat3452he ended up in harm's way anyway. Violent, schizophrenic, sexually offending drug addict! So much for private school!

[@happytimes6113]

@@adriftinaboat3452 Yet now Labour want to tax private schools which will mean thousands of poor kids lose out on free places to private schools each year. And by the way Kier Starmer was one of those poor kids who got a free place at a private school, yet he will deny other poor kids that same opportunity just to win a few votes. Farage also got a free private education and he has at least promised to reverse that if he gets elected in 5 years… but for the next 5 years tens of thousands of bright talented poor kids will have to make do with failing comprehensives thanks to Labour!

[@slobiden.2593]

@@adriftinaboat3452try harder mate. Ps her son is a meth using degenerate who attacked the nurses and I think he exposed himself too

[@mootpointjones8488]

The people of the UK need a new workers party, Labour is finished, unions to end funding for Labour and we need a new electoral system based on the PR model, so we never see another Tory government. Respect to Diane Abbott but Labour is just the Tory Second XI.

[@emmasayers7576]

May I suggest the Greens?

[@odinallfarther6038]

Seems the unions are little better .

[@TaraSykes3]

@@emmasayers7576 No thanks.

[@gungadin900]

The writing was on the wall for Labour at the the last GE. Britain isnt allowed a left wing Labour party. If we'd have started a new party back then it might have been able to make an impact at this upcoming GE. Let go of the Labour party, its gone. Real, posiitve social change can only come through a new party.

[@odinallfarther6038]

@@gungadin900 👏🏼

[@princesavage2234]

She should retire !! 30 years the woman is shaking n sick stand down .

[@vivienclogger]

She should stand as an Independent. If she wins then she can actually say what she wants without worrying about losing the whip.

[@THEpopelonergan]

She can barely stand in the most literal sense.

[@MrBoliao98]

​@@THEpopelonergan she had 75% of the vote in her constituency, and she is next door to Corbyn. Mark my words she will get around 45% of the vote and win.

[@FreakishlyTrue]

​@@THEpopelonerganAnd? She can sit on a wheelchair and do her job, she will still wipe the floor with Liar Starmer in the commons.

[@THEpopelonergan]

@@FreakishlyTrue depends what she’s been diagnosed with. Parkinson’s (which has been speculated) is neurodegenerative so it can effect executive function.

[@dennismccarthy7032]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@scapingby]

why doesn't she just start her own school of mathematics

[@it1333]

She is a Cambridge graduate please do your research. Back then getting into Cambridge wasn’t easy. Boris also got his numbers wrong during an interview and so have many others 🎉

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

What really enraged me was when Hoyle ignored her 38 times in Westminster

[@lestrem11]

Anybody in their right mind would ignore her.

[@juliewake4585]

@@lestrem11very thoughtful and empathetic of you.

[@robbiethepict2783]

"Do you want to go for a cup of tea with our Deirdre?" Hoyle.

[@user-wc6fb2mb6p]

Hoyle's father set up the 'Labour Friends of Israel' faction....now they [the LFofI] are busy expelling anyone not lined up with the Zionist agenda.

[@adriftinaboat3452]

@@lestrem11You’re so brilliant at debate……😂😂

[@margaretfarrell5137]

If I lived in Hackney, I would vote for Diane Abbot. Solidarity with Diane. Shame on Starmer.

[@twistedsparky06]

another reason I will NEVER vote for this version of labour every again.

[@leggettoliverkeith201]

But she’s absolutely hopeless

[@malcolm8564]

It's just a publicity stunt.

[@MrUniman609]

She might be alright for Hackney, but she has the wrong image and personality for mainstream politics.

[@boonyboodboon5139]

She said Jew's don't experience racism, quite a statement from a member of parliament earning $6000 a month

[@Jackwhumate]

the lady who wore her shoes on the wrong feet but wants to stand for government. give me a break

[@user-em3vl6li5w]

Vote Fienstien, the Labour Party don’t need Starmer. Another 5 years of Tories is not worth thinking about. Labour in power without the treacherous Starmer, wouldn’t that be a coup. All the luck in the World to Abbott, Corbyn, and Fienstien. The more Independents the better. Come on you Londoners lead the way. Vote Independents and Green.

[@annenunney9907]

Well said

[@doszl]

🤣 Not a chance in hell

[@EveLovesChristJesus]

Hahaha you want sharia law eh?

[@pip1723]

Nonsense actually listen to what starmer is saying...

[@Hbw113]

Couldn’t agree more. Dropping the 28bn climate pledge was the last straw for me. I’m voting green

[@EarthHart1]

Sadly, there's NO Labour Party anymore in this country. What was is now a Very Wet Tory Party, with a Very Wet Tory Leader.

[@RaverOperatorGeeza]

We need a nationalist party, and none of these globalists.

[@odinallfarther6038]

Lino labour in name only .

[@pip1723]

Vote tory then.

[@odinallfarther6038]

@@pip1723 🤦🏽

[@Flat24-ue9pj]

@@pip1723Never voted Tory never will but if had to chose between the two right I would go full cream

[@famesx2885]

I can’t take her seriously after the whole “private schools are bad” when she was sending her lad to a private school. Just like the rest of them hypocrites

[@williemacdonald72]

I hope she stands as an independent and wipes the floor with Mr Starmer's parachuted in puppet.

[@MrBoliao98]

I think she'd have 45% of the vote.

[@dennismccarthy7032]

❤❤❤

[@thunder-hedge]

*Sir Starmer, not Mr.

[@DreZato12]

@@thunder-hedge if you're going to be pedantic about titles it's in fact The Right Honourable and Learned Sir Kier Starmer KC

[@thunder-hedge]

@@DreZato12 Haha true, well thanks that’s good to see. Bit of a mouthful though.

[@jamesmulrooney3309]

She needs to stand as an independent, she can help weaken blue labour's power along with corbyn

[@danielbentham758]

😂😂😂 Labour will get 400+ seats she won’t win where as Corbyn will but even so 2 mps will do nothing

[@willhazelwood6169]

@@danielbentham758believe in her last election she had a 30000 majority above the last candidate, if people read the ballet properly and see the MPs name they have been voting for for the past umteenth years, pretty sure she’ll come out fine..

[@MrBoliao98]

​@@danielbentham758I think you should read. Just check the 2019 stats, she has the same percentage as Corbyn. And being neighbouring constituencies, I have no doubt there will be a spillover of that indignant feel. I disliked her, but it is disgusting how Starmer is carrying out this purge.

[@MrBoliao98]

​@@danielbentham7582 MPs is a dangerous thing for Starmer. Next you have more leftist splitting the broad church.

[@dennismccarthy7032]

❤❤

[@pcetera8483]

Stand as an independent and take the seat off Starmer. He's a disgrace!

[@EarthHart1]

Starmer was never a Labour man, always a vert wet Tory.

[@pip1723]

@@EarthHart1 why didn't he stand as a Tory then?

[@chopstrr]

Your hilarious, imagine that under tories you get 0/10 of the policies you like and under labour you get 5/10 is the policies you like..... you would rather have 0? You should ponder this phrase "Perfect is the enemy of good"

[@madcapmagician3130]

Standing, unaided, seems beyond her.

[@rorypuds]

Yesterday morning, Abbott texted the BBC's Joe Pike to say: "Although the whip has been restored, I am banned from standing as a Labour candidate" Later yesterday on X: "I am very dismayed that numerous reports suggest I have been barred as a candidate" Then, she does a speech defiantly telling her constituents that she's going to be their MP... This perfectly exemplifies why she is a liability. I wouldn't be surprised if many of the commenters in here are right wing bots, though it has become more difficult to tell a right wing bot from a left wing looney. Forunately, it won't matter come election time.

[@jamesw2414]

Oh God bless her in her leather jacket and odd shoes, with her race-grifting sidekick, Ngozi Fulani aka Marlene Headley of Sister Space fame. ❤

[@mickydimos]

I’ve just watched a clip of Dianne Abbot and it’s my humble opinion that she’s not well, apart from that which we know already. She couldn’t hold the microphone still, I suspect she has Alzheimer’s or similar. She should not be allowed to stand anyway, she’s not fit.

[@SNAFUferret]

She doesn't look well...shaking uncontrollably while holding the microphone.

[@adriftinaboat3452]

It’s shocking how she’s been treated

[@anmariful]

How this woman is a politician ? Nobody will ever know!!!!😮

[@robbiethepict2783]

Working class, left wing, socialist? sure Keir Starmer want's your vote, but he doesn't want you in the party.

[@timwoodger7896]

I think parliament would be a dam site better with more independents that put their constituents first and foremost. There’s too much dark money in political parties.

[@richarddababer8493]

It is not so much "dark money" as open, bare faced corruption and I don`t see it changing under Starmer, he`s just a Tory wearing a red rosette 🙄

[@umkhwenyana]

Activate your spell check

[@geoff6203]

"This is not about me, it's about the people of Hackney"......Just talks about herself the whole time.

[@peteratkin3788]

It stinks a little for sure, but we knew this would happen, it's not like the far right wing press has been know for anything even remotely resembling integrity. Like swim with Like.

[@MadeByMartyn]

Simple question: If Starmer can do this to a loyal party member of 40+ years, what do you think he'll do to YOU?

[@pip1723]

I think it's time to move on from the corbyn era of labour.

[@sarahjaneross2918]

Exactly... his behaviour is very worrying. He lies so frequently, he's a tyrant and supported war crimes on national tv, and then said he didn't 🤯 scary stuff

[@MrBoliao98]

​@@pip1723 New Labour moved on, and kept old Labour people. Starmer is not maintaining the conciliation, the coalition of groups in the broad church that is labour. This is very dangerous. And well, I think that Corbyn and Abbott will leave him with a Ken Livingstone situation.

[@howareyou857]

​@@pip1723 yeah let's move away from our Socialist roots, forget about the NHS..

[@pip1723]

Corbyn lost us two elections let's get him back so he can do it again labour needed modernising people can always stick with the tories if they don't like it because that's the choice on offer.

[@SuperOwnify]

Diane: "I have not heard from the Labour Party" Also Diane: "I have been banned"

[@SamHocking]

She didn't say "I have been banned", she said she's been informed she's 'going' to be be banned but hasn't been communicated anything by Labour party as to why she's going to be banned.

[@RainerMichelle]

@@SamHocking the way she is shaking and the slow speech shows that she is clearly not well, why doesn't she retire and call it a day?

[@howareyou857]

​@@RainerMichelle I think she looks well. If she raced through her speech you would find that a problem

[@SamHocking]

@@RainerMichelle I don't think you need to speak fast or not shake to be able to make good decisions for your constituents. End of the day she's coherent, makes sense and it's got nothing to do with anyone when she chooses to retire.

[@eddyr3691]

​@@SamHocking shes not being made to "retire", what a silly statement. The situation is silly enough as it is, why add.

[@alexanderstefanov6474]

She should stand as an independent, she might actually get more votes that way

[@Flat24-ue9pj]

Couldn’t agree with you more, I assumed that’s what she was doing 😅

[@frackooo]

lol

[@madcapmagician3130]

First off she just needs to be able to stand, she’s being held up, and shaking like a leaf.

[@Flat24-ue9pj]

@@madcapmagician3130 Just saw a photo with her in Corbin’s hands I think she’s better now 😝

[@madcapmagician3130]

@@Flat24-ue9pj Healing Hands! We should vote for that guy!

[@user-he8nd1rd7e]

Why's is her hand shaking though?

[@thethe6232]

Oh god , please don’t stand ! Just to save yourself the embarrassment for yourself Dian !

[@TheSuperSayahMan]

I genuinely refuse to vote for labour if this is the road they're going down. I've always voted for them and been a party member but I can't continue to vote for a party that only serves it's liberal business and right leaning members. The Labour party is the workers party that stands up for all those discriminated and marginalised and Kier is a spineless clown.

[@jpmentertainment8100]

You can call Kier many things but to call him ‘spineless’ is literally moronic. He went into a Labour Party that was the most divided it’s ever been, kicked people out and called out wrong behaviour. That’s literally the opposite of spineless.

[@ramatgan1]

I live I Fulham. Greg Hands is my MP. He'll reply to 1 in 4 of my letters and when he does it is a generic response. He doesn't care but he will knock on my door in the next few weeks asking for my vote. Tosser.

[@JK192837]

How many letters are you sending???

[@planetdarksky]

At least 4 😂​@@JK192837

[@estheradegoke9060]

@@JK192837sorry but this made me laugh 😂

[@JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu]

​@JK192837 not enough..😊

[@lovepeace4065]

I also live in Fulham and I’ve already warned him NOT to knock on my door!!!

[@willhazelwood6169]

Incredible resolve from an incredible woman who has been underhandedly ousted from the party she’s dedicated her life to.

[@peteratkin3788]

Not so sure that true, but always good to keep an open mind, I guess.

[@MulberryFC]

an incredible woman who embarrasses her party at every opportunity. She's a liability and for some reason takes up every single media opportunity when she is unable to speak publicly without fucking up. Also her abhorrent Mao comments.

[@willhazelwood6169]

@@peteratkin3788 I would argue a woman who has endured unprecedented racism across her 4 decades career in the public space, showing unwavering loyalty to her party, to be dealt an obfuscation of due process over a comment which concededly was shameful and inappropriate to find resolve in serving those who put her there all those years ago I would argue is quite remarkable… I am not a blinded supporter of anyone but the lengths Kier Starmer is going to oust the people who’s values exemplify the labour movement strikes me as concerning. If the loyalty of one of their own is so taken for granted, I assure that they misplace loaned votes in this general election for genuine support- unsure of what point you were critiquing though.

[@willhazelwood6169]

@@ZuZee02oh absolutely, it’s a shame however that the parliamentary party is moving away from its principled values and isolating members who champion them.

[@dennismccarthy7032]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@bazzahun]

As I was born and breed in hackney, I left 15 years ago and will not be voting Labour..that's it iam done.

[@novasigma5964]

Diane Abbott is the single reason why I won't vote labour

[@icilmaa]

WOW, and not Kier Starmer???!!!

[@hmull4882]

Your most likely a tory tosspot that’s why

[@footballfan321-xt3ku]

I know it's not right but the sight of here shaking the mic like that just kills me 😂🤣

[@lorisantos5597]

Abbott and Stammer are both RUBBISH NOT VOTING FOR THEM.

[@vijayafernando1]

If Diane is socialist I must be an apple

[@robertsimpson4913]

The way her microphone is shaking in her hand because she can’t control her hand is rather disturbing . She is obviously unwell and shouldn’t stand for parliament. Too old and too unwell I’m afraid.

[@stephnewman1357]

Nerves, upset or angry? 🤔

[@gavinforsyth321]

She's alcohol dependent

[@daveykerr1146]

Only place she ran to was the pie shop

[@nxu5107]

Go on Diane, show them. The leadership of Labour is despucable.

[@DanKeatis]

I imagine Zara Sultana, Apsana Begum, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Kate Osamor et al. all have the Starmtooper crosshairs on them right now. UPDATE: Faiza Shaheen, the economist and wealth inequality campaigner has also just announced that her candidacy has been blocked!

[@user-tz8ei5rm8s]

She’s shaking not because she’s nervous. Because of her diabetes. She’s been struggling with it reacently, hence the rumours she was planning to retire

[@madcapmagician3130]

Oh, looking at her needing help to stand up, slow, slurred speech and shaking like a leaf, I guessed Parkinson’s.

[@mysticjoy2924]

Well Said The only thing you can't argue with is TRUTH and this is the TRUTH 💯%

[@LL-vk9zc]

She looks very shaky - perhaps she's just not quite the force she was 35 years ago. She definitely doesn't need the money.

[@susannahhunt100]

I would imagine she looks shaky because she is upset, not because of her age.

[@madcapmagician3130]

I’m guessing Parkinson’s, shaking like a leaf, slow slurred speech and unable to stand unaided.

[@AntonJoshuasheehan]

My Nan had parkinsons n was billions more with it when died than this

[@icilmaa]

The Labour party is not worth it, They're no different to the Consevatives.

[@tommynocash2419]

Good on her, if i lived there id vote for her

[@grahamhall2662]

This is about the people of Hackney not me, and then promptly talks about herself for the rest of the speech. I wouldn't want her in my party.

[@riversguy92]

Lol what a joke. So talking about an issue directly relating to her that she’s facing, which affects all the people there who want to vote for her means she shouldn’t be in the party? As if talking about yourself is a reason to be purged by hypocrites and liars? Grow up.

[@grahamhall2662]

@@riversguy92 Personally and without resort to passive aggressive comments, I am glad that she is not being allowed to stand for the Labour party. She has a reputation off being a liability and a danger to the success of Labour with racist and inappropriate behaviour examples over many years. In any case she can stand as an independent so as loyal supporters have the opportunity to vote for her.

[@riversguy92]

@@grahamhall2662 why aren’t you concerned about standards and consistency? You just mentioned racism, Starmer’s talking about making labour a party where racism doesn’t exist but he a) clearly doesn’t mind when members of his faction say much more contemptible things, apologise for them ( just as DA did) and then they are let back into the fold with zero fuss or b) members of his own party are actually subjected to ongoing racism from within and nothing is done, unless that discrimination happens to mention Jewish people. You say she’s made gaffes which I won’t argue about but how many countless others have? DA is magnified because she’s a black woman, most of the hate she gets is related to the colour of her skin. You know it as much as I do. That she also happens to be a leftist which is another bonus for starmer wrt to getting rid of her. What happened to ‘the Labour Party is a broad church?’ Nothing you’ve said in either your original comment or your second reply is enough to justify the treatment she’s getting, there’s no good reason she shouldn’t be able to stand as a labour candidate.

[@eddyr3691]

​@@riversguy92If she has a history of serial gaffes but can't adapt or fall in line, then it's understandable why even if she does apologise, she will be seen as an unwanted ongoing liability. I don't deny that she will also get amplified hate becase of her skin being black, but thats a seperate point.

[@pieinher67]

Mrs.Abbott, you don't need that bunch of heartless imposters. The Labour Party no longer exists. Go it alone!!! We need you.

[@EveLovesChristJesus]

I dont. She should retire, meanwhile children are being shot in the street in Hackney 🙄

[@daughterofenoch677]

She doesn't appear confident enough to go indy.

[@johns1600]

She’s never done anything, waste of space. Herself and Corbyn being so hapless gave the conservatives more ability to do harm. She’s so bad that she doesn’t realise she makes things more right wing.

[@madcapmagician3130]

She can’t go it alone, she’d fall over! She can’t even stand up unaided.

[@SkullyBones448]

Stand as an independent, that’s the way forward. Time to let go of this two party corruption.

[@MediaRedia]

Well said, Diane. Just wish I lived in Hackney. I would love you to be my MP. ❤

[@drsealman]

Trust me you don't

[@ElzevereBlock]

Stop taking the drugs love.

[@MediaRedia]

@@drsealman Shame. I don't trust you.

[@MediaRedia]

@@ElzevereBlock I don't take drugs. I'm not your love and I also don't abuse people while hiding behind a computer screen.

[@drsealman]

@TranscendentalDentist I wasn't abusing you, hope you're ok

[@minifuzz5]

Superb work Diane Abbott,despite the utter disrespect from the media and the lying snake Starmer you continue to push forward.I salute you!

[@dennismccarthy7032]

❤

[@andyfry745]

It’s because she’s a poor politician,doesn’t no what goes on in her own head let alone in the real world.an embarrassment to politics.ban her

[@minifuzz5]

@@andyfry745 Ban her?She's served 38 years with integrity and for most of those has been on the right side of the argument.She's human and humans error-and judging by your snide tone and poor grammar I imagine you fit right in with the slithering serpent Starmer and his immoral corporation-fellating cabal of weasels.Sleep tight sweet prince...

[@cocobunjee6676]

@@andyfry745 She is toxic and racist, always has been. She is a trouble maker and no loss to the Labour Party. Starmer is an ethical, honest human being which the U.K. needs right now.

[@ianclark9598]

Diane, run as an independent. Come out of your corner like a hurricane. Give them absolute hell. The people of Hackney have always thought you are the person to represent them. The labour party is not the party it is supposed to be.

[@DanKeatis]

Big ol' yup! It'd be worth it just to see what kind of milquetoast centrist Starmerbot they'd parachute into Hackney North to oppose her.

[@EarthHart1]

The Labour Party...What's that? All I can see is a Very Wet Tory Party, led by a Very Wet Tory.

[@user-SubvurzIV]

OK, she got shafted by a man that shafts people to advantage his own career. Instead of turning into a demagogue out of some sense of disgruntled entitlement and an inability to do any other job... maybe she should do what a lot of other MPs should do and stop gatekeeping the younger party members and preventing them from stepping up with new ideas and representing the constituents. It's not like the stagnation that led to a man like Starmer taking power came out of a vacuum. Its been stagnated for some time because like a lot of parties, there's an old guard that believes it's their right to hold a public facing position simply because they've put time in. They could act as advisors for future generations of the party, but instead the privilege and status and perks is the driver and not service.

[@user-SubvurzIV]

KZbin seems to have some issue with my comments, weird

[@lovepeace4065]

Yes and we will stand with you Diane 🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@madcapmagician3130]

Are you going to be held upright and shake like a leaf as well?

[@Byrney31]

As much as I want the despicable tories out, given the treatment of Diane Abbot and Faiza I cannot vote for Starmer's undemocratic and apparently racist Labour Party.

[@markmac9515]

Problem is Kier Starmer is a tory. Well done Dianne Abbott for standing as an independent and I expect you to be elected. I do not always agree with you but all voices should be heard, not just Starmers views.

[@mousiebrown1747]

It's not just a fight for Ms Abbot-- It's a fight for freedom for the voters.

[@markmac9515]

@@mousiebrown1747 Agreed

[@williamcoopey892]

I don't support her views,but good on her.starmer you are disgrace of a dictator

[@jikamos]

What views? Get a life!!!!

[@jacc88888]

@@jikamos”Get a life?” So the OP has to agree with her political views too? They were saying they were supporting her after her treatment by Starmer. What’s wrong with that?

[@jikamos]

@@jacc88888 WOT VIEWS??? Stop snollygosting mate you're a suspect the more you write your lumpen comments

[@thedreamer3454]

​@@jikamosExactly what I was going to ask lol ... I love when ppl put ridiculous things like her views lol

[@thedreamer3454]

​@@jacc88888Because ppl act like they KNOW HER VIEWS.... When in reality we don't. We know the parties views and their mantra but in reality they just don't like her because they are prejudice and don't want to be called that so they shadow it it by saying ...her 'views'...... So if you can .. please tell me her views ?

[@davee2240]

It just shows how weak Starmer is... allowing her back. She is gaff prone and not fit for government. Being a black woman should not be a free pass, that`s an insult to all the other highly qualified black women that could do a much better job than Abbott.

[@ironsideeve2955]

Comrades? Wtf….

[@specialized500]

Identity politics is all she has to offer ?

[@susannahhunt100]

She has much more than that. I am sure you identify with other White people.

[@specialized500]

@@susannahhunt100 what?

[@user-tk7kz1fl2r]

She looks better than most 70 year olds.

[@ftumschk]

Indeed... and better paid, too. She and Corbyn should retire and give some younger candidates a chance.

[@JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu]

Better get to specsavers

[@JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu]

She looks like the 5th beatle

[@085cur1ty]

no way she’s 70

[@JAMESLOONEY-kd1nu]

@085cur1ty she's not she's only 50 but that cheap wig makes her look older

[@toadintheh0le]

She opened with Comrades. Tells you exactly why she shouldn’t be in the party

[@aminamangera4871]

Yes it should always be deference to the Sir Starmer eh? We can't have politicianscwhonput people before corporations snd dodgy oligarch doners.

[@firedragonosis]

At the LFI annual lunch in 2021 Starmer called Labour's "counterparts in the Israeli Labor party... *comrades* in the international struggle for equality, peace and freedom". Google the speech

[@adriftinaboat3452]

WTF are you on about

[@toadintheh0le]

@@aminamangera4871 don’t care. Labour supporter but I can’t stand communists

[@JackB_Music]

WTF. Comrades?? Where does she think she is, Soviet Russia? Conservatives needed a miracle… I present… Dianne, 2 left shoes, Abbott.

[@louiswall2984]

Has she got parkerson!

[@susannahhunt100]

Do you mean Parkinson's ? She is Diabetic.

[@cch9680]

​@@susannahhunt100I am diabetic, too, I don't shake? Parkinsons? Early dementia?

[@susannahhunt100]

@@cch9680 I am just glad Diane is standing. We are not Doctor's let them decide.

[@cch9680]

@@susannahhunt100 we may not be doctors, but in my case I do have eyes in my head and I do have a lot of medical knowledge!

[@susannahhunt100]

@@cch9680 Bully for you. You should have been a GP. You remind me of a dog with a bone.

[@jacklav1]

Sorry, this is disingenuous to put it mildly. It wasn’t principles or policies that got her in trouble, she didn’t get suspended for sticking up for her values or the borough of Hackney, it was for saying something really stupid and offensive. Also, wow! There’s not much love for Starmer in the room. Visceral hatred maybe. It poses the age-old question: is it possible for one party to stand for the people in this chat and attract the many millions of Tories that are changing their minds?

[@adammorgan1776]

I wonder why so many socialists do not like/support genocide supporting, socialist hating, racist, kid starving, lying zionist starmer?! 🤔 hmmm, it's a mystery 🤔 If you really believe what Abbott said means she should be kicked out, then the majority of the right-wing "labour" MPs should also be kicked out, seeing as most have said and done far far worse, and that's before accepted rancid racist tories in. Seems as though this is more of a targeted attack, double standards, and outright hypocrisy of starmer and cosplay labour

[@Uno-1968]

Ffs , God help us all

[@AntonJoshuasheehan]

Disgraceful

[@WhiteManInAVan]

She should go independent. she'll have to face the discrimination alone but its probs better than being in Labour and, not just having a lack of support, but getting abused by her colleagues and leader.

[@deborahcorey7562]

Diane has true grit good for you girl ❤✊✊🏾✊🏼✊✊🏾✊🏼

[@beachboy13600]

She ate my hamster

[@fooballers7883]

She should not stand as labour even if offered the chance....because the bastard Stoma will silence her....I think she should stand as an independent... Genocide Stoma will soon realise how hated he is....

[@leonjpaul5524]

Why is that flag there?.... This is about the UK election FFS

[@iamliamt]

Parkinsons

[@gedrooney9305]

My thoughts also

[@boogalaloopala2738]

How can Abbott be 'shocked' now, did she miss the part on how Corbyn was unfairly treated? Maybe she didn't believe it was real. Incredible.

[@johns1600]

Corbyn did more for the conservatives than anyone on history

[@alanlee8935]

What's the difference between Labour and Tory now?

[@actuallypaulstanley]

What has she achieved for Hackney in her 37 years as their MP?

[@VadimkaMr]

but but but but shes black

[@EarthHart1]

Do you live in Hackney?

[@magspies]

the people of Hackney thinks she's done a LOT...which is why they (re) ELECT her again, and again, and again.

[@actuallypaulstanley]

@@EarthHart1 why, do you?

[@michaelrch]

Does that mean she's running as an independent?

[@DuncanAtkinson]

I'm trying to figure that out too, sounds like she was selected by local members but the title of the video says blocked.. what is it Joe!!?

[@madcapmagician3130]

She cannot stand unaided, so I doubt she is running anywhere.

[@renmanincltd9965]

Go Diane, stay healthy..

[@owencrompton3713]

correct go abbott and shut the door on the way out

[@chriswatson3464]

She's not healthy!

[@SamHocking]

@@chriswatson3464 She looks a lot healthier and sounds clearer of mind than the other +70 year old MPs in Labour & Conservatives to be fair!

[@chriswatson3464]

@@SamHocking sorry can't agree

[@madcapmagician3130]

She’s as healthy as Michael J Fox.

[@davidpeacock4132]

Where corbyn goes she blindly follows.

[@terrybailey4201]

She’s comedy gold for the Conservatives.

[@AntonJoshuasheehan]

Esp when she thought trump after queen invite shouldn't be allowed to visit as he insulted Khan who was providing leadership

[@lukeatbrandynightful]

But she will beat any Tory mp in hackney, if she’s such a joke, why can they not beat her?

[@MrBoliao98]

If Corbyn and Abbott having had 75% of the vote in 2019, I have no doubt, they'd have a spillover feeling of disgust at the candidate selection process among voters. Both of them should get around 45 to 50% of the vote, down from 75%. Keir Starmer mishandled this situation. He has forgotten the 2000 mayoral election and Ken Livingstone. Even if I dislike her, I want a broad church.

[@joangordon3376]

I noticed that too. Let's hope it was just nerves from an adrenaline surge and nothing more sinister

[@MrBoliao98]

@@joangordon3376 honestly, if there's any time for christian values of reconciliation, it be good now. Starmer's act is nothing short of the dechristianisation of the country.

[@davidcarruth1317]

What a boss!

[@sp-pz8uc]

Not the word I was thinking. Although it does start with a B.

[@tigerwuuds5341]

​@sp-pz8uc could it be 🔔🔚

[@marklanahan7289]

She must be the first DEI ever.

[@DonnaHetherington]

Shes go the shakes

[@conchitavaricak8477]

Solidarity ALWAYS Diane!

[@johnpullen3729]

"Our sister from 1987" Shame on tory labour. Go independent Diane, the people will vote for you, cos your one of us.. ✊❤✌

[@grahamhollingworth8253]

Does that include the people shot in her backyard last night? She's a clown still wearing the wrong shoes 😂😂😂

[@rtm1619]

She's 70. How will she ever understand the young & new generations of this country? It's time to let her move on. Let her retire, let her rest. Do you think you should be running a country at 70? No. So why all the idiotic comments.

[@redlightmax]

0:34 Diane Abbott's speaking style is atrocious - it's like in the middle of every sentence she's trying to figure out how much police officers would cost.

[@susannahhunt100]

If you just want to knock people don't bother. It is better to say nothing than be unkind.

[@colinbrown1321]

She still says "Comrades". She says it's not about her then only talks about her. I.....I......I....me....me....me She has been a liability for years. At the risk of being ageist she is 70 and wants to draw a salary until she is 75. Does she not want to pass on the baton to a younger comrade?

[@steamixion]

They vote for her.

[@colinbrown1321]

@@steamixion they would vote for any labour candidate in her constituency

[@carlcassidy185]

As much as I respect Diane, and have agreed with her on many occasions, I think it's time for her to retire. Look how her hand is shaking, and she often gets flustered mid sentence, I think it's time she thought about her health rather than being in parliament

[@northwestcoast]

True. She says it’s not personal but that’s exactly what it is. I think she used to have positive energy but has lost that in recent years. It’s time she stood aside to allow the new shoots through. She’s not relatable any more, her time is over and it appears she is in cognitive decline

[@smudgerob]

What is she shaking for

[@easydrive3662]

What an absolute mess this country is in! Laughable really!

[@EZEKIELAIA]

Go girl good luck. Starmer needs to be removed ASAP.

[@josephmcconnell8905]

Comrades?

[@marka5909]

She back watch the mic as she got parkinsons

[@michaelwojcieszek6902]

She cant even hold her mic, shaking so much - I hope she gets the medical help she needs

[@sp-pz8uc]

Not sure they have done brain transplants yet.

[@fazza8352]

Vote Andrew Feinstein in Holborn and St Pancras if you're a constituent. Get Starmer OUT.

[@flucazade]

Great news, I believe in you Diane

[@korgscrew2000]

It wasn't that long ago since everyone was having a go at her because she got some maths wrong,.

[@drthomason7043]

Go for it Dianne

[@occamraiser]

As a lifelong labour voter I'd just like to ask Dianne NOT to stand. She embarrassed us all so much during the Corbyn era and we can do without that kind of help in the run up to ousting the Tories.

[@kidscrocs]

Are you in her constituency? If not, you don't really get a say.

[@mikepxg6406]

If that thing is allowed to stand as a labour candidate Labour will lose my vote.

[@sp-pz8uc]

Lol. She has more chips on her shoulder than all the chip factories. If you ask her how many. She will say 5. Noooo I meannnnnnnn 50,000. 50,000 a year.

[@davidhodgson3901]

She wants to be “independent”… sounds like a plan.. 🙋‍♂️

[@petersalmon2695]

Diane has tirelessly done great work in the past, she looks and sounds tired , Is she up to the job ? I think not after watching and listening here. We all wish her a healthy future in her retirement if she decides to.

[@user-hc2po3zk2n]

She is a disgraceful liar!