Diane Abbott ‘to be banned from standing for Labour’
 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/...eg?imwidth=680


(Race Baiter) Diane Abbott will not be allowed to stand as a Labour candidate at
the general election, according to reports.

The MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington was suspended from the party in
April last year after she suggested that Jewish people did not experience racism
“all their lives”.

The party leadership has decided that there are no circumstances in which she
will stand for Labour on July 4, according to the Times.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics...hi-sunak-live/

wise move to ditch this nasty woman from Starmer

Good

From the bbc ....

I understand Diane Abbott was given the Labour whip back today.

She had been suspended as a Labour MP over comments she made about race in a newspaper last year.

The suspension made her ineligible to stand as a Labour candidate at this election.

Party officials had tried to broker a deal by which she would not run again in return for the whip being restored.

It’s not clear if she has accepted that arrangement, but for now she is once again a Labour MP.

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That doesn't make any sense to me .... but, will be a great tory boost i would imagine

I think she should accept the arrangement suggested and not stand for election.
I'm pleased she's been re-admitted but Diane can be her own worst enemy at times unfortunately.

That picture is iconic.:laugh:

it's an odd one, i don't think Starmer has come out of this looking particularly good

She is going to Retire



Shorter Newsnight says

Yes 7PM Ch4HDnews
confirmed she is banned

Using, The Times Paper Site

Does Starmer ever come out of situations looking good?:laugh:

So Labour must have a Replacement
ready.

Let's see who they have?

Diane has told SkyNewsHD
she can not stand.


Labour Party too scared to say anything?

What she said was truly ignorant and stupid, no denying. But being those things is evidently not a barrier to being an MP, so why ban her?

But the locals,
want her Joey

She is a Corbyn backer?

i already said she was stupid

So are others.

Old Corbyn is a independent MP

She could also be one


But I assume it will go Front Page

It's not the first time she's caused controversy.

She can stand as an Independent but whatever the conclusions of the investigation were.
While they've satisfied themselves as to the incident she was looked into for.

It may well be there's a feeling she'll explode again.
She may yet still now in response to this.

For me, it's best she just moves on now.
Good luck to her in her life but I think she's kind of demonstrated that she could fire off offensively too many times

Wes Streeting MP getting Angry
on GMBHD itv

He does not know why she is not standing

I think she is simply out of her depth as an MP Joey. The problem that Starmer has is that there is no good way to handle the situation. Banning her from standing has energised the left wing of the party, and much like the tories, labour do the most damage to themselves by internal squabbles. She and Corbyn are the focal points, and they are not going to disappear quietly into the night

This is starting to feel more and more like the May/Corbyn election

MP WES

is in the cabinet

He does not know why she is banned?

He likely doesn't know yet the full investigation findings.
Plus he handled that ignorant pair of Charlotte and Madeley really well.
I usually switch to BBC when pompous Madeley is on GMB.
However I like to hear Wesvas the NHS is the more important issue for me.

Cabinet Ministers aren't told everything arista.
Few Cabinet Ministers knew anything of Sunak's so called National Service policy until he announced it.

I'm pleased this issue is dealt with.
No matter Diane's response.
Which won't be much likely conciliatory or welcome.
However as an MP she'd be a constant distraction if she remained a Labour MP
So I think it's time for her to move on.
Stand as an independent if she wishes.
That's entirely up to her.

I agree with bots, she is probably now out of her depth as an MP.
Plus outside her constituency then I doubt more than a minority of voters will give a damn about this matter.

The report was concluded last December so Starmer lied in an interview with Nick Ferrrari last Friday ...he played the clip again this am ...so embarrassing

elections have been lost over smaller gaffs

…the irony of this is that the party are banning her from standing because she may be or is too potentially ‘damaging to the Labour Party’…and in banning her from standing, it’s become damaging to the Labour Party….its nonsensical…

…I’m probably just really dumb but Boris Johnson had a long history of prejudice and offensive remarks going back many years and he went on to become PM…So banning Diane Abbot doesn’t have a good feel at all…and that’s in no way minimising what she said but she has completed her suspension time and any punishment should surely not continue into any banning…I mean, this is like a party political broadcast on behalf of the Conservative Party and not a good look for Labour at all…but as I say, maybe I’m just not thinking this through properly…