Agreed, feel a bit guilty for dismissing her. I still feel she either should of read said report, or just not pretended to have read it. Is there really that much wrong in stating "I don't know the figures/report"?
respect for her dropped after the private school argument , "A former cabinet minister said to me yesterday that she will never be taken seriously again when she attacks the government"
https://cookingonabootstrap.com/2017/06/07/we-need-to-talk-about-diane-abbott-now-explicit-content/
I was glad to read this. It puts the fact that I find Abbott a bit irritating sometimes into perspective.