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That's it

Props to her for a complete nonpology tho...

Oh I forgot, Abbott is also a massive hypocrite - preaching about socialism and equality while sending her kids to private school and lapping up all the expenses she can. She loves a good jolly.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/politics/263841/diane-abbott-rakes-in-over-200k-on-top-of-her-74k-salary/

Oh she has a fake charity too, just like Trump. It just puts on an awards ceremony to make her look good. She likes looking good.

http://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2016/08/22/diane-abbott-foundation-spent-nearly-30000-awards-ceremony-accounts-reveal/

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?

At least there's nothing else in the news that's wroth shitting ourselves about.

If the parties of the opposition are not having talks about the absolute disaster currently taking place we are all fucked.

Is that what you think a politician should be doing?

Depends.

Add a couple of non-execs and it sounds about right for a Tory MP.

My god you seething pit of hate.

Quite.

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.

This country is fucked.

But we took it back, how can GREAT Briton mess this up? We used to rule the world, blue passports, fish and chips, WE STARTED POLLUTION, pink maps, murdering locals, that was us, THAT WAS US.

Don't forget, according to Diane Abbott we also invented racism.

another feather in the cap

She didn't declare her tv appearance money. She didn't attempt to conceal her appearances on national telly.

I take that as a compliment

Sure, suggest a time and place

Cracking quote from Bernie Grant

I'll get the calendar out.

another feather in the cap

But if we also invented racial equality doesn't that also give us a black eye? Or is that racist in and of itself?

She could have a doppelganger impressionist who just happens to be very much a media savvy opportunist?

But then what would the real Diane Abbott be doing? Writing her Christmas cards?

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2015/11/diane-abbott-finds-a-novel-way-to-spend-heated-plp-meeting/

Let us not forget this classic Jess Phillips quote:

“People said to me they had always wanted to say that to her, and I don’t know why they don’t as the opportunity presents itself every other minute.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/09/17/jess-phillips-diane-abbott-corbyn_n_8151468.html

(Not defending Phillip's actions, which she herself has distanced herself from. I just love the reaction of everyone else in the room).

Er...well...um...er...we took control back...er...blue passports.

I really like Jess Phillips. I hope none of her constituents turn up on here to trash her and back it up with a load of evidence, it'd be a bit crushing. Sometimes it seems like the only reason there are politicians left whom we trust, is because there are some left we haven't scrutinised.