Dianne Abbott gaffes again

Sorry posted prematurely.

Personal criticism of Conservatives regarding hair, dress sense, personal life choices are regarded as a national pastime by some?

I am genuinely interested to know why any criticism of Diane Abbott is not on whilst all criticisms of all Conservative MPs and their supporters are fair game?

I would just say that sometimes people get stuff wrong and correcting them can be done pleasantly.

The ripping into DA has been incredibly personal on this thread - not for the first time and if not racist then very close to it and if not misogynistic then extremely close to that too. When you chose to join in with such a clique you must have guessed there would be some feedback.

You could equally say that critisism on politicians could be done for their politics and not about them personally.

And again!

Luckygirl

Sack her from the cabinet. Clearly she will continue to be an MP as long as people vote for her.

“True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.”

Sir Karl Popper

luckygirl?????

Have an excellent day!

Swimming speedily through this tsunami of criticism I would just say that:

- I know that she is a Labour MP
- I know that she cannot be sacked from that role - unless she commits an offence.
- I know that a member of either cabinet can be sacked by the leader
- I grovel before you all for failing to say that I was referring to the Shadow Cabinet
- further grovelling for mistakenly thinking she was in the Shadow Cabinet still.

Enough grovelling for one morning!

I would just say that sometimes people get stuff wrong and correcting them can be done pleasantly.

tickingbird

Polarbear2

This is a lovely go at trying to deflect attention from mr Cummings. Pathetic

What????

What?? Well DC is having fun destroying ABJ so you have a look round desperately thinking oh oh let’s find a Labour person we can have a pop at to make ourselves feel superior again. I know, let’s diss DA. She’s always good for a dig. It’s pathetic schoolgirl bullying. Find the weak girl and pull her hair.

She isn't in the Cabinet. She's a Labour MP, our government (God help us) is Conservative.

She's not in the Cabinet....

She's not even in the Shadow Cabinet...?

Sack her from the cabinet. Clearly she will continue to be an MP as long as people vote for her.

trisher

Luckygirl

She needs to go - she has been a liability from day one. I wonder who will have the courage to sack her.

Now there's a profound understanding of the electoral system!
She's an MP people voted for her. She can only lose an election no one can sack her.

Just think Luckygirl could have said that to a TV camera!

Callistemon

Nanna58

Remember, this is from a woman who once managed to wear two shoes from different pairs!!!!?

I did that once (I went to work in them).

But TV reporters tend not to ask me my opinion so it doesn't really matter.

I did as well. DH had been on nights, he came to bed 6.30 I got up for work at 7 and he was asleep. Basically I got dressed in the dark, shoes were same style but different colours.

Polarbear2

This is a lovely go at trying to deflect attention from mr Cummings. Pathetic

What????

This is a lovely go at trying to deflect attention from mr Cummings. Pathetic.

trisher

Thanks for that Blinko a great statement about a fantastic woman. I wanted to cry for her.

Me too...

Thanks for that Blinko a great statement about a fantastic woman. I wanted to cry for her.

Yes, I do know about her impressive record but she does have a problem with interviews at the moment and that needs to be recognised. Perhaps she should not be booked to comment on TV when she clearly is having a struggle with the media at the moment.

And yes - she does scrub up well, even if her shoes don't match which can happen to us all.

welbeck

i once cycled to work, wearing cut-away at the ankle trousers with stirrup strap, so showing quite a bit of sock.
in my haste i had inadvertently put on one black and one white sock.

I regularly wear odd socks deliberately. If the dog has eaten one, or one is lost in the wash I see no reason to discard the other. There again, I am not a public figure.

Jack Monroe has an interesting take on the treatment of Ms Abbott by the media:
www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/jack-monroe-diane-abbott

Good for her, I say.

She may be a popular, efficient and caring constituency MP but if her TV interviews are not doing her any favours, I wonder who it is who keeps booking her to express her opinions on air?

Luckygirl

She needs to go - she has been a liability from day one. I wonder who will have the courage to sack her.

Now there's a profound understanding of the electoral system!
She's an MP people voted for her. She can only lose an election no one can sack her.

She needs to go - she has been a liability from day one. I wonder who will have the courage to sack her.

GrannyGravy13

The elephant in the room gun and knife crime is primarily black on black in London.

Very true, and also the case here too, as it was reported that a group of four black men entered the party in the back garden and did the shooting.It may or may not have been the case that she was the target.

No-one else noticed or were too polite to say so.