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'''Diane Julie Abbott''' (b. 1953) is a British [[far-left]] [[career 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]], who obliterated Abbott in a 1990 Prime Minister's Questions.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5axvTRVZI YouTube, "Margaret Thatcher Vs Diane Abbott"</ref> Serving as Shadow Home Secretary from 2016-2020, a post in which she was notorious for [[incompetence]], Abbott is also a [[Failure|failed]] Labour leadership candidate. She is highly unpopular with the British public; as of late 2020, she was about as popular in the UK as [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref name="yougov" />

'''Diane Julie Abbott''' (b. 1953) is a British [[far-left]] [[career 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]], who obliterated Abbott in a 1990 Prime Minister's Questions.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5axvTRVZI YouTube, "Margaret Thatcher Vs Diane Abbott"</ref> Serving as Shadow Home Secretary from 2016-2020, a post in which she was notorious for [[incompetence]], Abbott is also a [[Failure|failed]] Labour leadership candidate. She is highly unpopular with the British public; as of late 2020, she was about as popular in the UK as [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref name="yougov" />

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> According to Labour leader [[Keir Starmer]], Abbott's writings are [[antisemitic]].<ref name="JCstarmer" /> 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> spread suspected [[Russian]] [[disinformation]] [[conspiracy theories]] to frame political opponents,<ref name="281119" /><ref name="corbynrussia" /> 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> According to Labour leader [[Keir Starmer]], Abbott's writings are [[antisemitic]].<ref name="JCstarmer" /> 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> spread suspected [[Russian]] [[disinformation]] [[conspiracy theories]] to frame political opponents,<ref name="FBNHS" /><ref name="corbynrussia" /> made insensitive comments about Islamic terrorist attacks and appeared in livestream with a [[Uyghur genocide]] denier.

Abbott, who is [[divorced]], has one son, who is known for [[anti-social behavior]].<ref name="telegraphjamesabbott" />

Abbott, who is [[divorced]], has one son, who is known for [[anti-social behavior]].<ref name="telegraphjamesabbott" />

''PoliticsHome'' reported in April 2018, Diane Abbott was slammed by the Conservative Party for using fake images to attack the Conservative government's policy on Syria.<ref>[https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/tories-slam-outrageous-diane-abbott-for-sharing-fake-syria-bombing-picture Tories slam 'outrageous' Diane Abbott for sharing fake Syria bombing picture]</ref>  

''PoliticsHome'' reported in April 2018, Diane Abbott was slammed by the Conservative Party for using fake images to attack the Conservative government's policy on Syria.<ref>[https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/tories-slam-outrageous-diane-abbott-for-sharing-fake-syria-bombing-picture Tories slam 'outrageous' Diane Abbott for sharing fake Syria bombing picture]</ref>  

During the failed 2019 Labour Party campaign, Diane Abbott pushed the [[conspiracy theory]], in a Facebook post on 28 November 2019, that then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson was planning to sell the UK's National Health Service to US drug companies.<ref name="281119">[https://www.facebook.com/Dianeabbott/posts/1556794887796297/ Boris Johnson has put the NHS up for sale.]</ref> The documents from which this claim originates are likely to have been part of a Russia-based disinformation campaign.<ref name="corbynrussia">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/12/02/unredacted-documents-jeremy-corbyn-says-prove-nhs-sale-resemble/ Labour told to 'come clean' about how it obtained leaked government documents after report  links them to Russia]</ref>

During the failed 2019 Labour Party campaign, Diane Abbott pushed the [[conspiracy theory]], in a Facebook post on 28 November 2019, that then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson was planning to sell the UK's National Health Service to US drug companies.<ref name="FBNHS">[https://www.facebook.com/Dianeabbott/posts/1556794887796297/ Boris Johnson has put the NHS up for sale.]</ref> The documents from which this claim originates are likely to have been part of a Russia-based disinformation campaign.<ref name="corbynrussia">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/12/02/unredacted-documents-jeremy-corbyn-says-prove-nhs-sale-resemble/ Labour told to 'come clean' about how it obtained leaked government documents after report  links them to Russia]</ref>

=== 2020s ===

=== 2020s ===