Losing whip is over the top. We can't all spend weeks researching what we say and things can be interpreted in ways we didn't mean. She was saying, from a black lady's perspective, that blacks experience more racism than the others mentioned. Whether true or not, there is nothing to suggest she was deliberately being anti-semitic.
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Diane Abbott loses Whip after racism row...
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostWhether true or not, there is nothing to suggest she was deliberately being anti-semitic.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostWe can't all spend weeks researching what we say and things can be interpreted in ways we didn't mean.
(As for the whip, I believe that's only temporary while Labour investigate, so it's entirely possible that she'll get it back.)Comment
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Originally posted by hobnob View Post
If this had been a live interview, I'd be a bit more sympathetic. However, this was a letter which she chose to send to the newspaper, so she could take her time to phrase it right and/or ask someone else to proof-read it.
(As for the whip, I believe that's only temporary while Labour investigate, so it's entirely possible that she'll get it back.)Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by hobnob View Post
If this had been a live interview, I'd be a bit more sympathetic. However, this was a letter which she chose to send to the newspaper, so she could take her time to phrase it right and/or ask someone else to proof-read it.
(As for the whip, I believe that's only temporary while Labour investigate, so it's entirely possible that she'll get it back.)
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/poli...-b1064394.htmlLast edited by SueEllen; 25 April 2023, 09:15."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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FFS - She sent the letter twice.
https://www.thejc.com/news/politics/...fU9P5xJloIPUEa
Diane Abbott’s “antisemitic” letter was sent to the Observer twice from the MP’s own email account a week before it was published, the JC can reveal, raising new questions about her claims that it was just a “draft”.
The letter was identical each time it was sent, three hours apart, and the suspended Labour MP made no efforts to revise it in the seven days after it was sent.
The fact that it was sent from her own email address – not from one controlled by an aide – suggests that she was entirely in control of the process.
The first time the email was sent, the JC understands, Abbott received an automatic reply asking her to send it again but this time with the addition of a postal address. She did this, leaving the text of the letter unchanged.
"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
Agree it was a calculated comment and some subjects need to be avoided. Suggesting racism has different grades dependent on the "race" , religion or colour you are if you are an MP seems a good one to avoid.Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View Post
Even if the points you are trying to make are actually valid (not saying that is the case here) it's just a dumb place to go for anyone in public office. There are some things you just cannot safely discuss these days - I think that's very bad but unless you are willing to risk your career over principle it's just silly to even tackle the issue. No matter how well carefully you present it, you will be torn to shreds by anyone who sees gain in diminishing you.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Regardless of whether what she wrote is racist, it shows an incredible lack of judgement and her belief in a hierarchy of racism, something she has been accused of for years. Both of these are entirely unacceptable for someone who a few years ago would have been the home secretary.
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