Abbott getting a well deserved kicking

[vetran]

Question Time audience member demands Diane Abbott apology | Daily Mail Online

Shameless Diane Abbott REFUSES to apologise for branding Brexit voters racist after Question Time audience member demands she say sorry for her 'disgusting lie'
Diane Abbott made remarks about Brexit-racial hate crime links in September
An audience member on Question Time in Gillingham had not forgotten them
He laid into her, calling her 'disgusting' over her perceived generalisation
She said this isn't what she meant but pointed to a 41 per cent rise in hate crimes

[d000hg]

So she points out something which is factually correct, other people accuse of her of saying something else, and now she's being attacked for refusing to apologise for something she never? Seems like this is one step too far.

Of course there are links between racism, far-right groups and Brexit just as there are between similar types and Trump. Of course that doesn't mean Brexit supporters are generally racist or far-right.

All the racists probably voted Brexit but not all Brexit voters (or anywhere near) are racists.

[vetran]

So she points out something which is factually correct, other people accuse of her of saying something else, and now she's being attacked for refusing to apologise for something she never? Seems like this is one step too far.

Of course there are links between racism, far-right groups and Brexit just as there are between similar types and Trump. Of course that doesn't mean Brexit supporters are generally racist or far-right.

All the racists probably voted Brexit but not all Brexit voters (or anywhere near) are racists.

Fury as Diane Abbott blasts Brexit voters as RACIST in outrageous tirade | UK | News | Express.co.uk

busy backpedalling.

[northernladyuk]

Question Time audience member demands Diane Abbott apology | Daily Mail Online

Bloody politically correct offence-taking snowflake, whining when an MP exercises her freedom of speech.

[NotAllThere]

I think Abbottamus is pithier. She does deserve opprobrium, generally, but it seems that in this case she's done nothing wrong. Clearly the people who think otherwise are racist, sexists and sizeist.

[d000hg]

"Leave voters demonstrate they're not racist or sexist by attacking a black woman" #HIGNFY