Diane Abbott is "ill"? Yeah, right.

[oscarose]

she has suffered an acute stress reaction to all of the abuse that she has been given. I.e clinical depression.

+1

[DaveB]

True. Like putting Gazza in charge of your drinks cabinet though.

Or Boris in charge of foreign policy.

[northernladyuk]

Or Boris in charge of foreign policy.

Or Tezza in charge of strong and stable leadership.

[Dark Black]

Abbotpotamus

Bad news for the Tories, she was one of their aces... at least they've still got Corbyn to help boost their majority

[MarkT]

Bad news for the Tories, she was one of their aces... at least they've still got Corbyn to help boost their majority

Nah - they just push the line that she'll be back after the election and she's being hidden

Or they talk about her replacement - a lovely lady who swears and blind people......

[vetran]

Dianne abbott just knocked on my door and asked me if i would be voting labour on the 58th of june.

[vetran]

I have just finished watching Britain's Worst Car Crashes, it turned out to be compilation of Diane Abbot interviews.

[NotAllThere]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...th-corbyn-says

To be fair, she doesn't look very well.

Dianne abbott just knocked on my door and asked me if i would be voting labour on the 58th of june.

So there we have it folks, vetran confesses to getting knocked up by Dianne Abbott.

[northernladyuk]

So there we have it folks, vetran confesses to getting knocked up by Dianne Abbott.

He's gone down, in my opinion.

[d000hg]

Maybe it's the other way round... her recent lacklustre performances are due to an ongoing health issue either physical or mental?

That said announcing she's stepping down from campaigning for "an indefinite period" with only one day of campaigning left is a bit pointless.