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Abbott and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn came under fire on 9 December 2016 from Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones for their "London-centric" views.<ref>[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AOM5ytqRPjzoJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.express.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F741668%2FLabour-immigration-Brexit-Carwyn-Jones-Jeremy-Corbyn-Diane-Abbott-free-movement&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Labour’s Welsh leader blasts Corbyn & says EU migrants must have jobs before coming to UK]</ref>
Abbott and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn came under fire on 9 December 2016 from Welsh Labour leader Carwyn Jones for their "London-centric" views.<ref>[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AOM5ytqRPjzoJ%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.express.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F741668%2FLabour-immigration-Brexit-Carwyn-Jones-Jeremy-Corbyn-Diane-Abbott-free-movement&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Labour’s Welsh leader blasts Corbyn & says EU migrants must have jobs before coming to UK]</ref>
Abbott made perhaps her most notorious interview blunder on 2 May 2017. She gave vastly confused numbers when interviewed by ''LBC'' about Labour's police and crime policy in which she suggested that Labour would hire 10,000 officers for £300,000, which would would have meant officers would earn £30 per anum.<ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:jAK6BJIJ4bwJ:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2017/05/02/labours-police-promise-tatters-diane-abbott-suggests-officers/&hl=en&gl=uk&strip=1&vwsrc=0 Diane Abbott gives 'most embarrassing political interview' before she blames the media for her car-crash performance]</ref>
On 6 May 2017, it was revealed that Abbott had acquired over £100,000 of taxpayer's money from BBC television appearances.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2017/05/06/diane-abbott-earned-110000-bbc-appearances/ Diane Abbott Banked £110,000 From BBC Punditry]</ref>
On 6 May 2017, it was revealed that Abbott had acquired over £100,000 of taxpayer's money from BBC television appearances.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2017/05/06/diane-abbott-earned-110000-bbc-appearances/ Diane Abbott Banked £110,000 From BBC Punditry]</ref>