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'''Diane Julie Abbott''' (b. 1953) is a British far-left [[politician]] and [[champagne socialist]]. A member of the [[Labour Party]], she has represented the constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington since the 1987 [[Conservative]] landslide under [[Margaret Thatcher]].

'''Diane Julie Abbott''' (b. 1953) is a British far-left [[politician]] and [[champagne socialist]]. A member of the [[Labour Party]], she has represented the constituency of Hackney North and Stoke Newington since the 1987 [[Conservative]] landslide under [[Margaret Thatcher]]. Serving as Shadow Home Secretary from 2016-2020, her tenure in this post was notoriously prone to gaffes, Abbott is also a failed Labour leadership candidate.  

With a long history of politicizing race, 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 expressed support for [[IRA]] [[terrorists]],<ref name="abbottira84" /> 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> made insensitive comments about Islamic terrorist attacks and appeared in livestream with a [[Uyghur genocide]] denier.

With a long history of politicizing race, 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 expressed support for [[IRA]] [[terrorists]],<ref name="abbottira84" /> 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> made insensitive comments about Islamic terrorist attacks and appeared in livestream with a [[Uyghur genocide]] denier.