Diane Abbott suspended again by the Labour Party over race row letter
Diane Abbott was suspended by the Labor Party for claiming that he had stopped in a controversial letter he wrote in 2023.
“Diane Abbott was suspended administratively from the Labor Party waiting for an investigation. We cannot comment more while continuing.”
In an earlier statement, the party said that it took its actions “very seriously ..
Hackney North and Stoke Newington deputy were suspended from the Parliamentary Labor Party in 2023 after writing the original letter. Observer.
It compared with those seen by other groups that he implied against groups such as the racism of color people, anti -Semitism and travelers.
BBC Radio 4’s reflection program talking, he said he did not look at the event with regret.
However, his statements will now be investigated by the party with the possibility of being suspended again to parliament.
Mrs. Abbott, who returned to the party before the 2024 general elections after a compatible campaign by supporters, said the program: “Frankly, there must be a difference about color and other racism because you can see a traveler or a Jewish person walking on the street.
“I think it is stupid to claim that racism about skin color is the same as other types of racism.
“I don’t know why people will say that.”
He apologized for the pain caused by the words that attracted criticism from Jewish and traveler groups.
While the Keir Starmer is trying to re -establish the authority, the suspension comes 24 hours after the suspension of four leftist rebels.
As a female deputy for the longest time in the Commons, which entered the parliament in 1987, the mother of the house said that she was “a little tired ve about the people who label anti -Semmet and that she had all kinds of struggle racism for life”.
He said that he was “grateful üzere to become a deputy, but that the party leadership was sure that he was“ trying to take me out ”.
Mrs. Abbott is a close ally of former leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is currently an independent deputy thrown from the party. He is still establishing a new party with another former workers’ wand Zara Sultana.
Ms. Abbott served as Mr. Corbyn’s shadow house secretary and became an anti -racist campaignist.
However, he was involved in allegations of anti -Semitism about his attitudes to Israel, an issue that separates the party.
A allied Barones Chakrabarti questioned whether the existing labor leadership accused of using the right of the former Tor Deputy Enoch on immigration was appropriate to decide on Mrs. Abbott.
He said: “The people who wrote the foreign island speeches should be a little slow to be tried against Diane Abbott, who has struggled with racism throughout his life.”
Owen Jones, an other ally, said: “Diane Abbott is absolutely ridiculous to suspend for this. He tells the experience of anti -Klaç racism. He does not say that the Jewish people and travelers live racism. He says that racism takes different forms.”
Independent He contacted Mrs. Abbott for a comment.
