You wouldn't call me a tit to my face so don't do it on a keyboard sweetheart.

As for Abbott being re-elected, thats not hard. The population of Hackney would vote in a chimp if it was wearing a red rosette. Very intelligent.

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Abbott on form.

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Article about her illness and the campaign.

It's fairly clear that she is held to a far higher standard than others and vilified more than others irrespective of what she does. To me that's discrimination as the only reason she's treated differently is because of who she is. The right wing press and Tory treatment of her has been thuggish and dare I say it pretty unintelligent!

I'm less than impressed by Diane Abbott as a front bencher. I don't doubt she is a good constituency MP,But,imagine if a class A buffoon like Boris Johnson was subject to the same level and type of of critique as her every day...

Why isn't he but she is? Now,that's an interesting question

Edited by legaleagle (13 Jun 2017 10.58pm)

Totally agree.

Problem is that the Marxists of Labour are using the Labour brand not the communist one.

The BNP aren't hiding in plain sight at the helm of the Conservative party.

They gain far more votes via tribalism than they ever would otherwise.

There's an inherent dishonesty.

Edited by Stirlingsays (13 Jun 2017 6.19pm)

Ah the 'progressives/regressives' and their 'discrimination Olympics'.

Personally I've always considered the criticism of 'insert person I don't like' for mis-steps in interviews as overblown and diversionary.

If politics were about electing the very best minds then it wouldn't be a popularity contest but an IQ test with expert judges. Of course ability is important but choosing your advisors wisely is more important than knowing the price of milk or whatever stat the media wants to throw at you. It's a circus and little else.

That said people are perfectly entitled to dislike Abbot without the rather pointless inferred comeback 'is it because I'm black'? Sasha Cohen was taking the p1ss out of that argument over a decade ago..... but we can always expect 'progressives' to like their 'goto' political clichés.

The point could easily be argued that the only reason Abbott has traveled so far in the Labour party is less to do with her ability and much more to do with her race....Which is racism to whichever person, of a different race, she blocked if they had better ability...Pick your angle but it's all the same diversionary argument.

Second guessing intent is pointless, better to deal with the actual points.

Edited by Stirlingsays (14 Jun 2017 1.10am)