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Hace 2 días · Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953) is a British politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since being elected in 1987. She served in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Home Secretary from 2016 to 2020 and is an advisor to the Privy Council.She is both the first black woman elected to parliament and the longest-serving black MP.
29 de may. de 2024 · The first black woman to be elected to parliament, Ms Abbott was suspended from the party last year after writing a letter in The Guardian suggesting Jewish people do not face racism, and that ...
29 de may. de 2024 · Diane Abbott says she plans to stand in her Hackney North seat in the upcoming general election "by any means possible". The Labour MP had the whip restored to her on Tuesday after being investigated for almost a year over a letter she wrote in The Guardian, suggesting Jewish people do not face racism.
Hace 6 días · Diane Abbott, British Labour politician who was the first woman of African descent elected (1987) to the House of Commons. She held various other government posts as well, including shadow home secretary (2016–20) for Jeremy Corbyn. Learn more about Abbott’s life and career.
Hace 4 días · What did Diane Abbott say in her letter? In April last year, Abbott wrote a letter that was published in The Observer that sparked a racism row. The letter suggested that although white...
29 de may. de 2024 · Diane Abbott made history when she was elected as Britain's first black female MP for Labour in 1987. But after decades of speaking out on racism, her political career was threatened due to widely ...
31 de may. de 2024 · Sir Keir Starmer has distanced himself from Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner and refused to say if he would like Diane Abbott to stand in the general election as tensions in the party about a ...
