Alarm bells rang among some in the PLP last night when I tweeted that Diane Abbott had not voted, with her office saying she’d been taken ill about 5pm. The Shadow Home Secretary, who has suffered from severe migraines in the past, is in a London seat that voted Remain. When asked on Today if she’d also been ‘sick’ of Labour’s uncomfortable position on Brexit, McDonnell replied “we are all uncomfortable”. The EyeSpy MP twitter account claims Abbott was in the Red Lion pub just before the vote at 7pm. But I’m told she informed the whips she was ill.
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Alarm bells rang among some in the PLP last night when I tweeted that Diane Abbott had not voted, with her office saying she’d been taken ill about 5pm. The Shadow Home Secretary, who has suffered from severe migraines in the past, is in a London seat that voted Remain. When asked on Today if she’d also been ‘sick’ of Labour’s uncomfortable position on Brexit, McDonnell replied “we are all uncomfortable”. The EyeSpy MP twitter account claims Abbott was in the Red Lion pub just before the vote at 7pm. But I’m told she informed the whips she was ill.