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Diane Abbott suspended by Labour Party after racism comments
UNITED KINGDOM, JUL 17 – Diane Abbott was suspended again after reaffirming controversial remarks comparing racism against Jews and Black people, sparking renewed allegations of antisemitism within Labour, the party said.
- On Thursday, a Labour Party spokesperson confirmed Diane Abbott's suspension pending an investigation, and said the move automatically removed her Commons whip.
- Earlier this year, Ms Abbott described the Israeli Defence Forces as the `Jewish Defence Forces`, before removing the post.
- Responding to BBC Radio 4, Ms Abbott said `No, not at all.`, claiming it was silly to equate racism based on skin colour to that faced by Jewish and Traveller communities.
- Less than 24 hours after four Labour MPs lost the whip, a Labour Party spokesman said `There is no place for anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.`
- With the party investigation ongoing, her remarks face further scrutiny and potential whip removal, as Campaign Against Antisemitism is submitting a complaint to the BBC, indicating broader implications for party discipline.
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Is Diane Abbott Right?
In April 2023, Diane Abbott, the UK’s first Black female Member of Parliament (MP), wrote a letter to The Observer that caused a political storm. In it, she distinguished the racism experienced by “people of color” from the prejudice suffered by Jewish, Irish and Traveller communities. Her words were blunt: “They undoubtedly experience prejudice. This is similar to racism and the two words are often used as if they are interchangeable. It is tru…
Diane Abbott and the truth about British racism
When she spoke on BBC Radio 4 at 9:30am on 17 July, Diane Abbott was a Labour party member of over 40 years, a political veteran and the Mother of the House of Commons. By the evening of the same day, she had been suspended from the party and had been forced into a defensive crouch, saying it “is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out”. Somewhere in the middle, we have an argument about race, racism and hierarchies of racism. Not for the fi…
Diane Abbott suspended again by Labour after racism comments
The Labour MP Diane Abbott has been suspended for a second time from the Labour Party this evening. She is being investigated by party officials for saying that she did not regret comments she made two years ago which Sir Keir Starmer branded as antisemitic. She had said that the racism that people of colour experienced was different to that faced by Jewish people, Irish people and travellers.
UK Labour Suspends Veteran Left-Wing MP Over Anti-Semitism Row
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has suspended a veteran left-wing Member of Parliament and launched an investigation into comments she made about anti-Jewish racism, the latest in a spate of ill-discipline dogging the British prime minister.
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