Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott
Diane Julie Abbottis a British Labour Party politician and current Shadow Health Secretary. She was first elected as the Member of Parliamentfor Hackney North and Stoke Newington at the 1987 general election, when she became the first black woman to have a seat in the House of Commons...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 September 1953
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There are 101 websites out there for debate - this was a blatant last attempt to get someone to stand against Gordon Brown.
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I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.
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Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.
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In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.
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You learn from mistakes.
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I want to write a best-selling book.
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I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.
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When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.
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I believe every abortion is a tragedy.
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I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.
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Abortion is an issue of conscience for the Labour party.
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My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain.
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My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.
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I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person.