All news on the topic: Diane Abbott

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Disgraced Tory donor Frank Hester contributed £5 million to the party just days before the election
Donation came after Rishi Sunak condemned businessman’s remark that Diane Abbott made you ‘want to hate all black women’
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‘Spy cops’ filed reports on Diane Abbott’s anti-racism campaigning, inquiry told
Black MP Bernie Grant also spied on, with secret Met reports claiming he made ‘inflammatory’ speeches
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Angela Rayner says she wants to see Diane Abbott let back into Labour
MP Diane Abbott has sat as an independent since April last year after Labour withdrew the whip following comments over the Jewish, Irish and Traveller communities
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Michael Gove names five organisations that could be blacklisted for extremism
Michael Gove said the Muslim Association of Britain, Cage and Mend and the neo-nazi British National Socialist Movement and Patriotic Alternative will be assessed for extremism
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Rishi Sunak takes even more cash from Tory donor in Diane Abbott racism storm
It’s understood Frank Hester has donated another £5million to the Tories since January - a figure the Tories did not deny - on top of the £10million he had already handed the party
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Abbott reacts after Speaker ignores her on race row despite standing up 46 times
In a fiery PMQs exchange Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, and other MPs discussed a Tory donor's racist comments about Diane Abbott - but the veteran MP was not chosen to ask the PM a question
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Tory donor's comments about Diane Abbott were attack on Black women for existing
They wouldn’t begin to explain how I feel as not just a young woman, but a young Black woman. The attack on Diane Abbott was an attack on all Black women for just… existing, writes Serena Richards
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Fury at Diane Abbott snub in PMQs debate on Tory donor's racist comment
Diane Abbott was not selected to ask a question during a fiery Prime Minister's Questions exchange that centred on racist comments made by a Tory donor about her
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Tories would take £10million more from donor they admit made ‘racist’ remark
Conservative Minister Kevin Hollinrake made the extraordinary admission as the Government battles the move on from the row over Frank Hester's alleged comments about Diane Abbott
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Rishi Sunak told to return race row Tory's cash as photo shows helicopter trip
Businessman Frank Hester, who gifted the Tories £10million, allegedly said seeing Diane Abbott on TV made him 'want to hate all Black women' and that she should be 'shot'
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'Abbott comments not ‘racism row’ or ‘Tory chaos' - this is stone cold racism'
The arrogance of the government spokesman trying to claim the remarks were not gender or race-based would be laughable if this wasn’t so serious, writes Darren Lewis
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Sunak says Tory donor's Diane Abbott comment was ‘racist’ but won’t return £10m
The PM earlier declined to say whether millionaire Frank Hester’s alleged comments that Diane Abbott made him 'want to hate all black women' were racist - only that they were 'unacceptable'
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Diane Abbott reports Tory donor over 'hate all black women' comments to police
Frank Hester, who is the Conservative Party's biggest donor, allegedly said looking at Diane Abbott made him 'want to hate all black women' and that she 'should be shot'
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Badenoch breaks ranks to say Tory donor's comments about Diane Abbott are racist
Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch is the most senior politician to say that Frank Hester's alleged comment that Diane Abbott made him 'want to hate all black women' was 'racist'
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Rishi Sunak won't say if Tory donor's comments about Diane Abbott are racist
The Prime Minister's official spokesman said the comments allegedly made by millionaire Tory donor Frank Hester were 'clearly unacceptable' but repeatedly refused to say whether they were racist
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GMB interview erupts as Tory Minister says 'don't put words in my mouth'
Good Morning Britain turned very fiery on Tuesday as hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls questioned Energy Minister Graham Stuart over a Tory party donor's alleged racist remarks towards Diane Abbott
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Tories refuse to hand back £10million from donor in Diane Abbott race row
Millionaire Tory donor Frank Hester apologised last night following a report, which alleged he said that former Labour frontbencher Diane Abbott 'should be shot'
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Tory's biggest donor 'said Diane Abbott makes you want to hate all Black women'
Millionaire businessman Frank Hester, who has donated £10million to the Tories in the last year, is claimed to have said former Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott 'should be shot'
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Rochelle Humes, Gok Wan and Rita Ora lead nominations for 2023 Ethnicity Awards
This Morning's Rochelle Humes, Rochelle Humes, TV legend Gok Wan and Liverpool FC footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold lead the nominations for for the 2023 Ethnicity Awards
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Diane Abbott deletes sweary tweet criticising Lee Anderson's migrant comment
Veteran MP Diane Abbott highlighted a recent migrant boat tragedy as she hit out at Tory Deputy Chair Lee Anderson who told asylum seekers they should 'f*** off back to France'
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Top Labour politicians pay tribute to Glenda Jackson who has died aged 87
Senior figures from Keir Starmer's party recalled their time working with the double Oscar-winning actress, who had a successful second career as a respected parliamentarian
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Ex-MP who faced anti-Semitism says 'I don't want Diane Abbott's career ruined'
The former MP Baroness Ruth Anderson urged Labour to root out abuse of Jews and instead focus on fighting the Conservatives, warning: "We're meant to be on the same side"
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Keir Starmer 'frustrated' as Labour hit by anti-Semitism row before elections
The Labour leader was asked if he was 'frustrated' at Diane Abbott's comments distracting from 'the job in hand', after he suspended the whip from the veteran left-wing MP
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'Where are Labour's Black male parliamentary candidates for the next election'
The Mirror's Darren Lewis had a back and forth with murdered Stephen Lawrence's friend Duwayne Brooks over his decision to stand as a Conservative candidate for London Mayor
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Keir Starmer condemns 'anti-Semitic' comments from Diane Abbott
The Labour leader's remarks come after the party suspended Ms Abbott - pending an investigation - after 'offensive and wrong' comments in a letter to a newspaper over the weekend
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