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| − | '''Diane Julie Abbott''' (b. 1953) is a British far-left [[politician]]. | + | '''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]]. |
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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 11:11, December 24, 2022
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.
Abbott is known for her racist comments about Finnish nurses and white people in general.[1] She has also praised Chinese dictator Mao Zedong,[2] and appeared in livestream with a Uyghur genocide denier.
History and controversies
1970s
During the 1970s, Diane Abbott and fellow future Labour Party MP Jeremy Corbyn went on a motorcycle tour of communist state East Germany.