Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.
Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be ni… - Diane Abbott
Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be ni…
- Diane Abbott
I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs. - Diane Abbott
I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.
White people love playing 'divide & rule'. We should not play their game. - Diane Abbott
White people love playing 'divide & rule'. We should not play their game.
Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have. - Diane Abbott
Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have.
I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children. - Diane Abbott
I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.
You can't defend the indefensible. Anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical. - Diane Abbott
You can't defend the indefensible. Anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
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 … - Diane Abbott
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 …
I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it. - Diane Abbott
I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.
My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background. - Diane Abbott
My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.
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