Why when it comes to us black people, the institutions just drag their feet. The truth may be offensive but it ain't a sin. Are we really free to say what we want without someone having to take out of context.
Give Diane Abbot back the whip, others have done worse and they have been left alone to carry on.
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Tim Longson
3 years ago
The whip has been restored to people who did far worse but who were let off after an apology. The only reason to deny her is her true Labour values.
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Leah Jones
3 years ago
Her comments were deliberately misrepresented. He just wanted to get rid. She should now stand as an independent.
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Anonymous
3 years ago
This appears to be another example of institutional racism
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Jon Heal
3 years ago
Diane has fought racism all her life, unlike her critics
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Anonymous
3 years ago
A statement that was poor judgement from Diane Abbot was acknowledged, apology made then retreated so to remove the Whip is not a good decision because her speed to correct her mistake mitigates her and with an exceptional record of fighting racism & injustice is proof that this one occasion she got it wrong in any profession or work place a written reprimand was the correct sanction.
If bringing the Labour Party into disrepute was the reason for the Whip withdrawal then we would have a depleted front bench. Hasn't it been a disservice to the Labour Party & Trade Unions to make a leadership campaign of dishonesty to get elected and then misused the party rules and common justice no bringing the party into disrepute? It's historically the most traitorous miss management by a Labour Party leader ever.
If no restoration of the Whip then it's more factionalism against a long standing member who has been subject to more injustice by Party authorities. I will never let people who are practising injustice, manipulation, dictatorial undemocratic miss management of The Labour Party to get away with it without a fight.
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Debbie Linton-Gordon
3 years ago
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I am sending a message of support to Diana Abbott. The racism experiences of Black people is on a different level to other white groups. My voice to Keir Starmer and Alan Campbell, Diana is an invaluable MP in the Labour Party. Diana is why I vote Labour.
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Geraldine R
3 years ago
Discrimination, targeting Diane Abbot, ‘alive & kicking’ by Labour leadership. It’s disgraceful & I find it personally offensive. Just another manifestation in the way black women are treated!!
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Robert Maclaren
3 years ago
While Abbott's words were clumsy and she should have known better, she should not have been suspended from the party. Given her radical record both inside and outside parliament, she should be readmitted to the party without further delay.
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Anonymous
3 years ago
Gave her back the whip
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D thompson
3 years ago
Return the whip
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Anonymous
3 years ago
Restore the whip everyone makes midtakes
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Dave Watton
3 years ago
Diane deserves to be reinstated immediately.
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Ann O'Brien
3 years ago
Diane should never have been suspended for expressing her belief that a hierarchy of racism exists, even though it was clumsy worded. She apologised immediately. When will the Labour Party apologise for the foul WhatsApp messages exposed in the Ford and Al Jazeera reports. How about sacking a few senior staff for starteers.
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Veronique 6
3 years ago
Lose Diane, and you lose Black and mixed race support across the country. I already resigned my 33 years party membership in protest at Labour's lurch to the right on race and immigration, its failure to grasp how unpopular Brexit has become and its squalid treatment of Diane Abbott highlighted in the Forden report, who gets more hate mail than all the rest of Parliament put together. You are racist bullies. Suspension is disproportionate.
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Dalian Adofo
3 years ago
The scandalous treatment Diane has received on this occasion which is but a continuation of long-standing abuse she continues to receive, has highlighted everything she was attempting to say.....
If the whip isn't reinstated, the Labour Party is finished!
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Joanna Wilmot
3 years ago
All people make errors of judgement and must be allowed to apologise with their apology accepted in good faith. Diane Abbot has a long and proud history of fighting injustice and prejudice. It is deeply disappointing that none of this work is recognised or valued in the this harsh judgement.
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Anonymous
3 years ago
As a Black woman, I know what it means to be treated less favourably in comparison to a) non-Black people, and b) men. I stand in solidarity with Dianne because she has apologised and done the necessary work to show she's remorseful. Not only that , she has championed rights for ethnic minorities and has made history doing so, should be given a chance in the same way as others who have made similar mistakes in the past.
Restore her whip immediately
Why when it comes to us black people, the institutions just drag their feet. The truth may be offensive but it ain't a sin. Are we really free to say what we want without someone having to take out of context. Give Diane Abbot back the whip, others have done worse and they have been left alone to carry on.
The whip has been restored to people who did far worse but who were let off after an apology. The only reason to deny her is her true Labour values.
Her comments were deliberately misrepresented. He just wanted to get rid. She should now stand as an independent.
This appears to be another example of institutional racism
Diane has fought racism all her life, unlike her critics
A statement that was poor judgement from Diane Abbot was acknowledged, apology made then retreated so to remove the Whip is not a good decision because her speed to correct her mistake mitigates her and with an exceptional record of fighting racism & injustice is proof that this one occasion she got it wrong in any profession or work place a written reprimand was the correct sanction. If bringing the Labour Party into disrepute was the reason for the Whip withdrawal then we would have a depleted front bench. Hasn't it been a disservice to the Labour Party & Trade Unions to make a leadership campaign of dishonesty to get elected and then misused the party rules and common justice no bringing the party into disrepute? It's historically the most traitorous miss management by a Labour Party leader ever. If no restoration of the Whip then it's more factionalism against a long standing member who has been subject to more injustice by Party authorities. I will never let people who are practising injustice, manipulation, dictatorial undemocratic miss management of The Labour Party to get away with it without a fight.
I am sending a message of support to Diana Abbott. The racism experiences of Black people is on a different level to other white groups. My voice to Keir Starmer and Alan Campbell, Diana is an invaluable MP in the Labour Party. Diana is why I vote Labour.
Discrimination, targeting Diane Abbot, ‘alive & kicking’ by Labour leadership. It’s disgraceful & I find it personally offensive. Just another manifestation in the way black women are treated!!
While Abbott's words were clumsy and she should have known better, she should not have been suspended from the party. Given her radical record both inside and outside parliament, she should be readmitted to the party without further delay.
Gave her back the whip
Return the whip
Restore the whip everyone makes midtakes
Diane deserves to be reinstated immediately.
Diane should never have been suspended for expressing her belief that a hierarchy of racism exists, even though it was clumsy worded. She apologised immediately. When will the Labour Party apologise for the foul WhatsApp messages exposed in the Ford and Al Jazeera reports. How about sacking a few senior staff for starteers.
Lose Diane, and you lose Black and mixed race support across the country. I already resigned my 33 years party membership in protest at Labour's lurch to the right on race and immigration, its failure to grasp how unpopular Brexit has become and its squalid treatment of Diane Abbott highlighted in the Forden report, who gets more hate mail than all the rest of Parliament put together. You are racist bullies. Suspension is disproportionate.
The scandalous treatment Diane has received on this occasion which is but a continuation of long-standing abuse she continues to receive, has highlighted everything she was attempting to say..... If the whip isn't reinstated, the Labour Party is finished!
All people make errors of judgement and must be allowed to apologise with their apology accepted in good faith. Diane Abbot has a long and proud history of fighting injustice and prejudice. It is deeply disappointing that none of this work is recognised or valued in the this harsh judgement.
As a Black woman, I know what it means to be treated less favourably in comparison to a) non-Black people, and b) men. I stand in solidarity with Dianne because she has apologised and done the necessary work to show she's remorseful. Not only that , she has championed rights for ethnic minorities and has made history doing so, should be given a chance in the same way as others who have made similar mistakes in the past.
Please restore the whip to Diane Abbot.