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Hate's not the right word, anger though yes. I am angry about this: it really gets my goat when politicians promote themselves over the needs of their constituents, are constantly on the fiddle, are hypocrites and achieve nothing and most of all can get away with it because their seat is so safe they're effectively unaccountable. I also despise racists who play the race card in an attempt to obfuscate their racism.
Unfortunately someone who is all of these things is my constituency MP, someone who I would naturally want to get behind.
It's about much more than Diane Abbott though - no wonder people get turned off politics when MPs act like this.
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Wikipedia on her media 'profile':
In August 2012 the BBC Trust ruled that payments to Abbott for her appearances on This Week were made in breach of BBC guidelines that banned payments to MPs who were representing their political parties. For her part, Abbott had correctly declared the payments in the Parliamentary Register of Members' Interests. The Trust also said that Abbott had appeared on the show too often.[40]
Abbott is a frequent public speaker,[41] newspaper contributor[42] and TV performer, appearing on programmes such as Have I Got News for You, Celebrity Come Dine with Me[43] and Cash in the Celebrity Attic.[44]
Is that what you think a politician should be doing?