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'''Diane Julie Abbott''' (b. 1953) is a British [[far-left]] [[career politician]], [[racist]] writer and [[champagne socialist]]. A suspended 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''' (born 1953) is a British [[far-left]] [[career politician]], [[racist]] writer and [[champagne socialist]]. A suspended 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 to 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="FBNHS" /><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.

[[File:512px-Diane Abbot Corbyn leadership rally August 2016.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Abbott speaking at an August 2016 rally.]]

[[File:512px-Diane Abbot Corbyn leadership rally August 2016.jpg|thumb|175px|right|Abbott speaking at an August 2016 rally.]]

In a delusional rant at the September 2016 Labour Party conference, Abbott called Brexit voters "racist" and blamed them for hate crimes. Claims of a rise in hate crimes following the Brexit vote were based on a single press release with no substantiating evidence, with convictions for hate crimes having fallen between the vote in June 2016 and September that year.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2016/09/27/labour-diane-abbott-brexit-voters-racist-responsible-hate-crimes/ Labour’s Diane Abbott Says Brexit Voters Are Racist and Responsible for Hate Crimes</ref>

In a delusional rant at the September 2016 Labour Party conference, Abbott called Brexit voters "racist" and blamed them for hate crimes. Claims of a rise in hate crimes following the Brexit vote were based on a single press release with no substantiating evidence, with convictions for hate crimes having fallen between the vote in June 2016 and September that year.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2016/09/27/labour-diane-abbott-brexit-voters-racist-responsible-hate-crimes/ Labour’s Diane Abbott Says Brexit Voters Are Racist and Responsible for Hate Crimes]</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 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>

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 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>