![]() ![]() There’s an investigation in place, I’ve got to let that investigation be completed. I will never accept that, the Labour party will never accept that, and that’s why we acted as swiftly as we did yesterday.Īsked if Abbott would be allowed to stand again as a Labour MP (which would only be possible if she has the whip restored), Starmer replied: ![]() In my view, what she said was to be condemned, it was antisemitic.ĭiane Abbott has suffered a lot of racial abuse over many, many years … that doesn’t take away from the fact that I condemn the words she used and we must never accept the argument that there’s some sort of hierarchy of racism. Speaking to reporters at St Giles’ Trust, in Camberwell, London, after a roundtable event about violence against women and girls, Starmer said: Keir Starmer has said that Diane Abbott’s comments about race in a letter to the Observer at the weekend were antisemitic. 12.43 BST Starmer condemns Diane Abbott's race comments, saying they were antisemitic and 'hierarchy of racism' never acceptable ![]()
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