DAILY MAIL COMMENT: It's fair to say the Daily Mail has never been a fan of Diane Abbott's politics. The far-Left views she espouses have often been crass, intemperate and divisive.
It's fair to say the Daily Mail has never been a fan of Diane Abbott’s politics. The far-Left views she espouses have often been crass, intemperate and divisive.The daughter of Jamaican immigrants, she won a place at Cambridge , was Britain’s first black woman MP and is rightly regarded as a trailblazer.
The daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Diane Abbott won a place at Cambridge, was Britain's first black woman MP and is rightly regarded as a trailblazerSo why would Sir Keir Starmer cast her off in such a seemingly contemptuous manner? True, her remarks that Jews, travellers and the Irish did not suffer the same ‘lifelong racism’ as black people were offensive and wrong.
It pays no heed to her hinterland in the Labour Party, her status as a role model or her service as an MP and eight years as a shadow minister, serving not just Jeremy Corbyn but Ed Miliband, too. There were signs yesterday that Sir Keir belatedly realised that defenestrating Ms Abbott so peremptorily was a crass error .
Despite heavy briefing from his officials on Tuesday that her ban was official, the Labour leader now claims a final decision hasn’t been made. Tracing its history back to 1516, it is part of the fabric and heritage of this country – from the sovereign depicted on its stamps to the royal ciphers on its post boxes.The proposed sale of Royal Mail to a Czech billionaire raises serious doubts about the future of this vital service
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