Diane Abbott

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Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott is a British Labour MP. She has been described by blogger Gareth Young as "a left-wing race-obsessed idiot who has made a career out of winding up right-wing race-obsessed idiots."[1]

She has argued that Britain needs more black teachers to help tackle underachievement amongst black schoolboys.[2] She also provoked controversy when she objected to the amount of "blonde, blue-eyed Finnish girls" who had "never met a black person before" working as nurses at her local hospital.[3]

In a June 2010 episode of This Week Abbott was grilled by host Andrew Neil about a comment she made in regards to her decision to send her son to a private school, that "West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children." "So black mothers love their children more than white?" asked Neil. He went on to ask "supposing Michael [Portillo, also on the show] had said white mums will go to the wall for their children...?" and "isn't that a racist remark?" while an obviously embarrassed Abbott was reduced to repeatedly saying "Andrew, I've got nothing more to say" and trying to change the subject.[4]

In September 2010 tabloid newspaper The Daily Star stated that she had been reported to the police for inciting racial hatred after making comments about black workers avoiding job cuts.[5] Unsurprisingly, she has earned a place as something of a bogeywoman amongst the British right, particularly ethnic nationalists.

She has also defended homeopathy.[6]

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