Abbott attacks Labour investigation as 'fraudulent' - BBC News
Abbott attacks Labour investigation as 'fraudulent' - BBC News
The MP has been suspended from the party pending an inquiry into comments she made about racism.
As much as I thought her original comments were disappointingly wrongheaded, or at the very least poorly put, she's right about the procedural issues with this investigation. It stands as yet another example of the Starmer project's chief goal: to purge the party of its left.
Or maybe to purge the party of tone deaf divisive candidates? 🤷
Ah okay, what Stamer's leadership is doing is underhanded and an abuse of power, but at least they're doing it for the 'right reasons'.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington said the HQ would report to Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, "who almost immediately pronounced my guilt publicly".
Senior Labour figures had suggested privately that one solution to the stand-off would be to restore the whip in return for an undertaking by Ms Abbott to stand down at the next election.
Her statement suggests that no such deal was struck, though Labour sources insist that, despite her criticisms, they have not ruled out restoring the whip and the investigation was continuing.
Ms Abbott, who is on the left of the party and a staunch supporter of former leader Jeremy Corbyn, claimed "others have committed far more grave offences, and belated or grudging apologies have been wrung from them".
Her suspension came after she wrote in a letter to the Observer newspaper that Irish, Jewish and Traveller people "undoubtedly experience prejudice", which she said is "similar to racism".
Ms Abbott, who has been an MP since 1987 and was the first black woman elected to Parliament, served as shadow home secretary in Mr Corbyn's cabinet between 2016 to 2020.
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