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Diane Abbott

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I’m so excited to have in my hands early copies of my upcoming book, A Woman Like Me. I can’t wait for you all to read it when it comes out from @PenguinUKBooks on September 19th.

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Diane Abbott

@HackneyAbbott

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Looking forward to visiting Bath on Thursday 24th October to talk to @jendella about my life and my legacy, and A WOMAN LIKE ME. For tickets from @bathartscollective , please go to .

Diane Abbott: A Woman Like Me — Bath Arts Collective

From challenging expectations as a bright and restless child of the Windrush generation to making history as the first elected Black female MP in the UK, Diane Abbott has had her share of barriers to...

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Condemnation is fully justified. But without meaningful action it is just hot air. All these governments should halt arms' sales to Israel, including the British govt. Israeli attacks on UN forces in Lebanon must stop, say UK, Italy, France and Germany

Middle East crisis live: 20 killed in strike on central Gaza school; Harris urges Israel to get...

Israeli shelling killed people at a school serving as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in the central Nuseirat camp, say hospitals

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"[The Lords] is one of only two parliaments in the world to have hereditary members: there are 92 sitting by inherited right, 26 as leaders of a religious sect and dozens who have paid large sums to be members, often just for the title". It should go.

Starmer’s House of Lords reform only scratches the surface of its problems | Simon Jenkins

As the prime minister said himself in 2020, what it really requires is proper representation from the regions and nations. Where’s that conviction now?, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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US sending antimissile system & military personnel to Israel. Facilitating the blatant flattening of Gaza. A disgrace #GazaGenocide

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The regional war is threatening to spiral out of control. Statements like this do not help. A Prime Minister should be seeking peace, not adding belligerent threats. Starmer refuses to rule out UK military involvement if Israel attacks Iran

Starmer refuses to rule out UK military involvement if Israel attacks Iran

The Prime Minister warned MPs that the Middle East is 'close to the brink' and in 'very real danger of a regional war'

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Mark Rowley was supposed to be a new broom at the Met. But settlements of police misconduct are soaring. The new broom is not working.

Met Police settlement amounts soar to £7.6mn

Payments more than double as Britain’s biggest force resolves more cases involving claims of misconduct

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This is appalling. The central, overriding aim of the next Budget must be to reverse this trend and then eradicate child poverty altogether. At least 100,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour

At least 10,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour, analysis finds

Campaigners say key reason for rising hardship is two-child benefit cap, which PM and chancellor have refused to axe

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This is appalling. The central, overriding aim of the next Budget must be to reverse this trend and then eradicate child poverty altogether. At least 100,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour

At least 10,000 children have fallen into poverty under Labour, analysis finds

Campaigners say key reason for rising hardship is two-child benefit cap, which PM and chancellor have refused to axe

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Labour offers companies “Breakfast with the Business Secretary” for £30,000. Cash for croissants.

Fresh row as Labour offers breakfast with Business Secretary for £30k

LABOUR is facing a fresh row after offering companies breakfast with the Business Secretary in return for £30,000. The party invited bosses to a plush restaurant for the “rare chance” to “gain insi…

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This is an historic injustice doe to the Chagos Islanders and there is much more to be done to correct it. But this is an overdue first step.

Britain to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius ending years of dispute

Agreement to hand back UK’s last African colony follows 13 rounds of negotiations and international pressure

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The officer who shot Chris Kaba was 'angry and frustrated', court told. and marksman 'exaggerate his attempts to flee.'

Officer who shot Chris Kaba was ‘angry and frustrated’, court told

Martyn Blake, a Met marksman, is on trial for murder at the Old Bailey

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Diane Abbott

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Very sad news about Herman Ouseley - a pioneer at the top levels of local government RIP

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BREAKING: Lord Herman Ouseley passes away after short illness A source close to the family confirmed the sad news to The Voice RIP Lord Ouseley #lordhermanouseley

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It is not an incursion. It is an invasion of a sovereign country. Made possible by the US, which just wrings its hands at every outrage, then ships more weaponry.

The domestic political objectives behind Israel’s incursion into Lebanon

The operation has so far been on a smaller scale than anticipated and aims to reassure residents of northern Israel

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When is an invasion not an invasion? When the IDF is doing a “limited, localised and targeted ground operation against Hezbollah” #LebanonUnderAttack

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Rock bottom racism from Robert Jenrick

Robert Jenrick

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Do you want to deport foreign criminals, get terrorists off our streets, and end illegal migration? Then we must leave the ECHR.

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Jenrick copying Trump’s anti-migrant rhetoric. Next he will be claiming that Muslims eat family pets

Migrant crime rate being covered up, says Robert Jenrick

Tory leadership contender says public ‘deserves to know the truth’

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Ashworth has so little tactical sense that he did not realise he was crashing to defeat in his own constituency. The answer to the problems at number 10?

Cabinet ministers call for Jonathan Ashworth role at 10 Downing Street after weeks of infighting

Senior party figures want the former Leicester MP to be given key post after party squanders electoral honeymoon over rivalry and free gifts row

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Bringing Jamaican teachers to the UK but underpaying them, mirrors the Windrush years when Jamaican nurses were exploited in exactly the same way.

Jamaican teachers at leading UK academy chain paid less than their British colleagues

Schools that are part of the Harris Federation accused of taking too long to help staff get UK teaching qualification

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Diane Abbott

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Interviewing me on @TheNewsAgents Emily Maitlis claimed that @jeremycorbyn was too close to Putin But there were British politicians who were much closer to Putin than Jeremy @maitlis

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It is widely believed Netanyahu wants war at all costs, in order to cling to office. But the US is not paralysed. There are many things it could do to bring about peace. It chooses not to.

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🧵1/2 Netanyahu will not engage in any cease-fire and hostage talks in the next 45 days, nor will he accept any diplomatic ideas concerning Lebanon

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