'''Diane Julie Abbott''' (b. 1953) is a British far-left [[politician]].
'''Diane Julie Abbott''' (b. 1953) is a British far-left [[politician]].
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Abbott has made [[racist]] comments about [[Finnish]] nurses,<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/8994068/Diane-Abbott-White-people-love-playing-divide-and-rule.html Diane Abbott: 'White people love playing divide and rule']</ref> praised Chinese dictator [[Mao Zedong]],<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2018/02/17/does-left-still-love-communism/ Why does the Left still love communism?]</ref> and appeared in livestream with a [[Uyghur genocide]] denier.
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Abbott is known for her [[racist]] comments about [[Finnish]] nurses and white people in general.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/8994068/Diane-Abbott-White-people-love-playing-divide-and-rule.html Diane Abbott: 'White people love playing divide and rule']</ref> She has also praised Chinese dictator [[Mao Zedong]],<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2018/02/17/does-left-still-love-communism/ Why does the Left still love communism?]</ref> and appeared in livestream with a [[Uyghur genocide]] denier.
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== History and controversies ==
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=== 1970s ===
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During the 1970s, Diane Abbott and fellow future Labour Party MP [[Jeremy Corbyn]] went on a motorcycle tour of communist state [[East Germany]].