Diane Abbott says she stands by racism comments that led to suspension from Labour | Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott said he did not regret his comments on racism, which led to a one -year suspension from the Labor Party.
For Hackney North and Stoke Newington, the Senior Worker MP was disciplined for writing a letter to the observer in April 2023 that color people experienced racism “all lives ve and experienced a different way to Jewish people, Irish people and travelers.
At that time, although he withdrew the comments and apologized for any pain he caused, he was suspended from the Labor Party after saying that the letter of Keir Starmer was antisemitic.
Abbott, who returned to the Labor Party before the general election, said he did not look at the incident with regret and stood next to the discussion.
Speaking to the reflection program of BBC Radio 4 On Thursday, he said: “Frankly, there must be a difference between racism about color and other types of racism because you can see a traveler or a Jewish people walking on the street.
“I think it is stupid to claim that racism is the same as other types of racism. I don’t know why people say.”
The statements came to Starmer again and repeatedly suspended four labor force deputies from the party whip for disciplinary violations.
Abbott, who has the honorary title of the house of the house as a female deputy for the longest serving in Commons, said that the people who label antisemitic are “tired ve and that“ all kinds of and especially struggle struggle with anti -Semitism ”.
When he was asked if he thought that he was “hanged to dry arak by the workers’ leadership during the disciplinary process of his explanations,“ Keir Starmer was forced to restore me.
“I got a great support at the Hackney Town Hall. We had a big rally in the steps of the Hackney City Hall. In the end, Keir Starmer and the people around him had to retreat because of the support I had from the community.”
Abbott returned to the party, and the party officials were allowed to stop again in the July 2024 elections after he could not make an agreement to take back the whip in exchange for standing.
As a labor force candidate, he reported that he would not be allowed to appeal to his seat, led to a reaction from MPs and activists. The party’s investigation into him concluded months ago, but led to any change in his status.
Abbott said to the BBC that his labor leadership was sure that he was “trying to take me out ve and he resigned as a member of parliament.
“I never went to this. And today I am a worker deputy and grateful,” he said.
