This Dianne Abbott short biog shows how much she has achieved in the house of commons. She is a more than competent MP so more than likely a good choice.

So why does she get a hard time from the msm?
She was one of 16 signatories of an open letter to Ed Miliband in January 2015 calling on the party to commit to oppose further austerity, take rail franchises back into public ownership and strengthen collective bargaining arrangements.

Here is one of Corbyn's unelected acolytes squirming about opposing grammar schools but conversely sending her son to a selective school:

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I will say it again - it is the privileged and wealthy in Labour, like Corbyn, Thornberry and Shami, that is handing working class votes to UKIP. Long may it continue.

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02

I must admit I couldn't suppress a chuckle when I'd heard that Corbyn had appointed Diane Abbott as shadow home secretary.

It's a kind of political 'Benny Hill'.

The Labour party look down on traditional working class people and have no real solutions for them. It's why a sizable number of them voted for Ukip in the north.

To win an election Labour have to get Tory voters to switch to them......They don't believe in a nuclear defence and they want Diane Abbott as home secretary.

It's cuckoo land in the Labour party for the foreseeable future.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Instead of attacking people, why don't these programmes cover the plus and minus points of grammar schools.

You really need to get a life.

I find it strange that criticising Abbott is 'spiteful', yet calling all Tories 'cunds' is not.

Maybe you can make some sense of this Stirling?

"That was fun and to round off the day, I am off to steal a charity collection box and then desecrate a place of worship.” - Smokey, The Selhurst Arms, 26/02/02