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Diane Abbott
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Diane Abbott
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Re-elected as Labour MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington.
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- More than 13 million people in Britain are living in poverty. The campaign to cut welfare (or other key public spending) is dishonest. They should come clean. They are willing to push poverty even higher to fund an unnecessary surge in military spending.
- The debate about British military spending begins with a premise, hardly ever challenged, that too little is spent on defence. But the facts are very different. Britain spends more on the military than every large economy in NATO, except the USA.
- The Defence resignations have sparked a lot of nonsense about inadequate military spending. Britain already spends an inordinate amount on military hardware. Yet we have already become the world's 3rd largest spender on nuclear weapons, surpassing Russia.
- In Belfast and Southampton the racist mobs are are not defending the victims. They are completely contradicting the wishes of the victims' families, for their own vile agenda. Do not use our tragedy to fuel violent protests, says family of Belfast victim
- These are not 'anti-migrant protestors'. They went house to house looking for foreigners and Black people to burn them out of their homes. They are racist thugs carrying out a pogrom. Police use water cannon against anti-migrant protestors
- Lammy has documented the racism in the justice system himself. Now he wants to remove one of the few checks against it. Limiting juries would lead to greater injustice. Lammy's cuts to jury trials could have far-reaching impact on race relations, MPs say
- We live in a society where racism is commonplace. Macpherson's call to tackle it were only ever partially taken up. 'Common sense' is a call for more racism not less. 'Common sense' cannot replace anti-discrimination as Badenoch claims, say legal experts
- Some cheap politicians see a terrible incident,like the attack in Belfast or the death of Henry Nowak as an opportunity to promote their own rancid politics. Others show real leadership, like this👇🏿.'The scenes we are seeing this evening are shameful and there is no place for it on our streets' @johnfinucane sinnfein.ie/news/shameful-…
- This is an important statement, and thread.
- Ending current equality rules is dangerous and divisive; a green light for all the bigots and racists. This happens when your ambition is no greater than to be the Nick Clegg in a Farage-led government. Badenoch vows to end equality duty in public sector
- Anyone who has spoken to Labour voters or members over the last 2 years or more knows this to be true. Labour supporters across the board are disgusted by support for the genocide. Gaza genocide a factor in progressive voters deserting Labour, poll shows
- Funding the NHS while increasing the role of the private sector is like trying to fill a bucket of water while drilling holes in the bucket. It is what successive governments have done and it is patients who suffer.
