Diane Abbott

This is the clip of my interview.

£5 million from a billionaire was a pay-off for delivering Brexit, Farage says so himself. While the vast majority of people in this country are worse off because of Brexit. Farage now says his £5mn gift was a reward for Brexit theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

This demand is morally just, and it it is growing in support. Slavery reparations must be top of Commonwealth's agenda, says former Caribbean leader theguardian.com/world/2026/may…

There is little substantially new in this speech. Certainly there is nothing to transform the country, or to reverse Labour's fortunes. It is hard to believe Labour MPs will believe this is the radical re-set needed, but it is now down to their judgement. bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1m2…

Any change of leader of the Labour party needs to be part of a complete change of direction. It is delusional to believe a political crisis is a personnel issue. Keir Starmer's fate is out of his own hands thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

Gains for the right and the far right are frequently followed by an upsurge in racist abuse and attacks. Unfortunately, people's fears are based on experience. Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform election gains theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

Misan Harriman is a highly respected and influential Black man. He is being attacked by the Telegraph with smears. His crime is to point out that the Golders Green attacker also attacked a Muslim man. I stand with Misan.

There is a myth, very widely held in Labour, that we achieved an huge popular victory in 2024 under Starmer. In fact we won 9.7 million votes, over 3 million fewer than in 2017 and half a million less than the 'disastrous' 2019 poll. We won because the Tories imploded in 2024.

There is no denying that these election results are going to be very bad for Labour. Yes, Keir Starmer is very unpopular. But it is the policies that drive that unpopularity. Simply changing the leader without changing the policies will not avert disaster in 2029.

Health inequalities in this country are massive and unacceptable. Poverty, housing and jobs discriminations are all important facctors. Black people twice as likely to suffer a stroke as white counterparts theguardian.com/society/2026/m…

Higher prices for food, higher energy bills, cancelled flights and shortages, all coming our way because of the Iran War. The US and Israel started it. The government should be working to end it. Four in five Britons expect Iran war will raise food prices theguardian.com/business/2026/…

Government policy is not 'smashing the gangs' either of people smuggling or trafficking of modern slaves. In fact, the clampdown on people seeking asylum has opened up new possibilities for the gangs. Modern slavery is at a record and likely to increase theguardian.com/world/2026/may…

Facial recognition remains deeply flawed and discriminatory. It should not be rolled out without a proper debate. Police expand use of facial recognition for quick checks thetimes.com/uk/technology-…

Ordinary people are going to be a lot worse off because of Trump's bombing Iran and his blocking of the Strait of Hormuz. UK food prices on track to rise by 50% since start of cost of living crisis theguardian.com/business/2026/…

Rabbi: Don't Ban Gaza Protests After Antisemitic Attack youtube.com/watch?v=K9jgwP…

Once again, Tony Blair is wrong and advocates to make ordinary people worse off. Britain has one of the lowest effective state pension entitlements in the whole of Europe. Tony Blair's thinktank urges scrapping of state pension triple-lock theguardian.com/money/2026/may…

My latest piece: How to push back against the far right labouroutlook.org/2026/04/28/how…

Happy International Workers' Day! Solidarity!

This is an important demand. Well done to Unison for making it.