Labour frontbencher Wes Streeting has exchanged social media blows with ex-Labour MP Diane Abbott over the use of private healthcare. Ms Abbott, who had her party’s whip withdrawn in April last year, took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to challenge Mr
Dr Shola wades into Diane Abbott racism row Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu has issued a scathing attack on British society amid the uproar surrounding a Conservative Party donor’s alleged comments about Diane Abbott. The rights activist told Sky News on Saturday (March 16)
Diane Abbott has urged Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer to “do the right thing” and readmit her into the Parliamentary Labour Party – 11 months after her suspension for comments which interpreted by many as antisemitic. And the Hackney North and Stoke
Labour is facing renewed calls for Diane Abbott to be allowed back into the party after a Tory donor racism row. The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP lost the whip last year after writing a letter to a newspaper suggesting Jewish,
Angela Rayner has been branded a hypocrite for wanting Diane Abott back in the Labour Party. Former shadow home secretary Ms Abbott has sat as an independent MP since April after the Labour whip was withdrawn following a letter she sent to
Diane Abbott has accused both Labour and the Conservatives of failing to tackle racism amid a storm over comments made by a Tory donor. Businessman Frank Hester is alleged to have said Ms Abbott, Britain’s first female black MP, made him “want
Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is under renewed criticism this afternoon after failing to grant Diane Abbott a question at PMQs, despite the MP standing up over 40 times. The independent MP was thrust into the limelight this week after a Tory
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing calls to return the money businessman Frank Hester has donated to the Conservative Party. The healthcare technology entrepreneur donated £10million to the Tories last year but has come under fire for comments made about Britain’s first
A Tory donor’s comments about Diane Abbott were “racist and wrong”, Downing Street has declared. Frank Hester, who has donated £10m to the Conservatives, said the MP made him want to “hate all black women”. Mr Hester apologised for making “rude” comments
The Tories’ biggest donor is embroiled in a racism row over alleged comments made about Diane Abbott. Frank Hester is accused of saying that seeing the former Labour frontbencher on TV made you “want to hate all back women” and that she