Dianne Abbott gaffes again

tickingbird

Trisher I have seen two interviews of DA, one with the BBC where she states this. It isn’t fake news or the right wing press trying to smear her.

Her tweet said Nobody should have to potentially pay with their life because they stood up for racial justice
The political party the woman spoke for TTIP have said she received numerous death threats, they have also questioned the police statement.
It seems to me that stifling debate about the issue purely on the grounds that it might cause racial unrest shows just how ingrained in our society racism remains. She may have been shot because she is a black activist, it might have been accidental. No one knows, but racial unrest should not be used as an excuse for stifling debate. When people demonstrate it's because they have injustice to complain about.

I couldn't stand Beckett either.

Trisher I have seen two interviews of DA, one with the BBC where she states this. It isn’t fake news or the right wing press trying to smear her.

In fairness the story about her wearing odd shoes was fake. It was photoshopped.

trisher

I suspect this has more to do with the police fears of racial unrest than any reality.
Diane Abbott is as usual being targeted for one tweet, simply supporting the woman. The question of why the woman was shot remains open. One organisation the Taking The Initiative Party has said
"However, how have the police come to this conclusion without being able to speak to Sasha regarding the death threats and investigate?

"Do the police know who the target of the attack was, in order to conclude that Sasha wasn't? How does one manage to shoot someone in the head accidentally?

"Surely, to end up in hospital having sustained a bullet shot to the head, makes a death threat more credible."
If the woman has had death threats surely this was possibly due to her activism and perhaps Diane Abbott is right.

Perhaps there were eye witnesses too, you know those who were horrified a young woman could be shot down in the street. So perhaps Abbott should keep quiet until more facts are known. She is certainly known well for her hateful remarks about the white population of this country.

EllanVannin

I'll be straight in saying I can't stand the woman.

Why Ellan what has she done to make you say that without backing it up?
I have never seen or heard her being nasty, obnoxious, or a liar come to that.

She has her moments now and then but absolutely nothing she says justifies the truly horrendous abuse she receives year on year. You cannot send someone a death threat because you don’t like their legally expressed opinions.

It’s ok to berate Jacob Rees Mog, Boris Johnson, Keir Starmer but not Diane Abbott?

I'll be straight in saying I can't stand the woman.

BlueBelle ?

I once went to work with one black shoe and one blue one. Didn't notice till about 4pm.

I also forgot my specs one day and had to spend the whole day working in my sunglasses. I was very cool. ?

Thanks for posting the positives alegrias
Some of the posts and personal comments on here are disgusting and people should be ashamed

annodomini

As Chair of a primary school governing body, I discovered, during a meeting with the HT that I was wearing odd shoes - one black and one navy. I said nothing and she said nothing!

That's what I did, same style but different colours, but my boss did point it out to me; I told him he was very observant ?

Dippy Diane is it?

First Black woman MP

Longest serving Black MP in the House

First black MP at the dispatch box at Prime Minister's Questions.

Her father was a welder and her mother was a nurse and she became a senior politician

Served as Shadow Minister for Public Health, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, then Shadow Health Secretary, and eventually Shadow Home Secretary.

Won The Spectator magazine's "Parliamentary Speech of the Year" award in 2008.

Supported a number of pro-choice amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.

But I'm sure someone who has made great contributions to the public life of this country will come along and tell me she can't count and wears shoes that don't match.

And you’re rude urnstongran better to be ‘dippy’ in your language, than unkind

It's great to see 'dippy Diane' back. She's always good for a laugh.

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.

apparently the police previously dismissed ms johnson's reports of death threats as not credible, without even talking to her. not surprising that her supporters doubt the police.
and the attackers burst into the premises, not shot from outside.
there needs to be a more thorough investigation before the motivation or target can be determined.

I suspect this has more to do with the police fears of racial unrest than any reality.
Diane Abbott is as usual being targeted for one tweet, simply supporting the woman. The question of why the woman was shot remains open. One organisation the Taking The Initiative Party has said
"However, how have the police come to this conclusion without being able to speak to Sasha regarding the death threats and investigate?

"Do the police know who the target of the attack was, in order to conclude that Sasha wasn't? How does one manage to shoot someone in the head accidentally?

"Surely, to end up in hospital having sustained a bullet shot to the head, makes a death threat more credible."
If the woman has had death threats surely this was possibly due to her activism and perhaps Diane Abbott is right.

Well I went to work with my last nights knickers tucked down in the calf of my skinny jeans
I didn’t get the sack or people mocking me we all had a good laugh then it was forgotten

She has put her foot in it at times

Matching shoes or not?

????

I just did a quick google search on Dianne Abbott and the only three sources were from;
Daily Mail
The Sun
Daily Express

As Chair of a primary school governing body, I discovered, during a meeting with the HT that I was wearing odd shoes - one black and one navy. I said nothing and she said nothing!

She has been treated abominably throughout her years in politics mocked and vilified Most others would have long ago left to have an easier life
Stop looking for fault, the press and people on here just can’t let anything go when they decide to dislike someone

Even the news item I saw last night inferred the woman was shot because of her support for the BLM lot.

You’ve got to love Ms. Abbott haven’t you? If she can get something wrong, bless her, she will !

Exactly, Silver.