Diane Abbott

And why is one mistake about a party that isn't in power being given so much press

Could it be to make sure they stay where they are?

When did "misspoke" become a word?

It will when Ian Hislop and Paul Merton get hold of it, TerriBull

Oh come on it was one mistake. OK she shouldn't have made it, but she should have (as all MPs do) an assistant who keeps her briefed. I do wonder who should have briefed her? Why was the interview filmed? And why is one mistake about a party that isn't in power being given so much press when the mistakes a government makes in its budget and other matters is swiftly glossed over. Political bias or what?

In one word "no" she should have been on top of her brief and anticipated that the costings of such a proposal would be raised, particularly as she was being interviewed by Nick Ferrari. Her voice does my head in, she seems to appear on QT more than anyone else when we get the full gamut of her mannerisms, eye rolling, (which always puts me in mind of the young girl in "The Exorcist") slow deliberate speech as if she were addressing an inattentive truculant reception class of 4/5 year olds. She is without doubt one of the most sanctimonious, self serving, hypocritical MPs of her generation.

When did "misspoke" become a word?

Luckygirl - perhaps, as my dad used to say, she knows where the bodies are buried! (knows some secret he wouldn't want revealed).

I listened to that cringe worthy interview yesterday and felt even more sure that I could not vote for this band of amateurs at the forthcoming election. Promising wage rises, more of this, that and the other without the foggiest clue where the money will come from. That interview promising 30,000 or was it 10,000 or even 300,0000 more police officers costing £30,000 or was it £30,000,000 or even £80,000,000 just made me shudder with the fear that this band of idiots could potentially run the country.

.....and to make it worse JC even defended her.

For a professional politician to do an interview so unprepared smacks of incompetence. Did she really think she wasn't going to be asked these sort of questions? All politicians have staff to help them, did they not brief her or did she just decide to ignore them.

Could her selection and persistence as shadow home sec have anything to do with the fact that she was previously Corbyn's lover - or is it un-PC to mention this?

She is clearly incompetent and irritating, and even Corbyn must be able to see this - so why not ditch her? There must be some reason.

I can't stand the woman and shudder every time she puts in an appearance on Question Time, Andrew Marr or any other political programme.

Her patronising voice gets on my nerves.

Yesterday's performance was unbelievable.

Some posters on here probably were, too!

www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labours-diane-abbott-stumped-on-police-officer-policy-in-car-crash-live-interview-a3528136.html

In case you missed it.
Jeremy Corbyn was probably hoping most people had.