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Enough is Enough (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
At last night's History Channel debate launching its 50 Things You Need to Know About British History (chaired by TV's Iain Dale and featuring a spat between Douglas Murray and Polly Toynbee), Labour MP Diane Abbott proudly mentioned that her child had yesterday received 11 A* grades at GCSE. She failed to mention that that child had been privately educated. I wonder why?
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
The History Channel debate was hugely enjoyable. More than one hundred people packed into the Marble Room at the Royal Society to hear a panel consisting of Polly Toynbee, Douglad Murray, Dominic Sandbrook and Diane Abbott. Sadly Simon Heffer couldn't join us due to illness. It was a good natured debate with more agreement than I might have predicted. All the panellists agreed that up to the age of...
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Janet Mackinnon (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
... should of course be Diane Abbott. Never mind the wimpish Mr Miliband, or one makeover too many Ms Harman, the Labour Party needs a woman of substance to renew its values, and tackle any rogue elements amongst the security services and its spouses, amongst other things...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
Diane Abbott: It contains the profiles of a million innocent people and lacks basic safeguards – but it has no legislative foundation
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ID in the News (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
As Labour’s soul-searching after the Glasgow East bye-election defeat continues, a number of Labour figures have been writing about possible policy changes for the party. Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, answers questions in The Independent: Q: What should Labour do to get people back on their side? (Alex Sweetland, via email) A: We [...]
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Catholic Action UK (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
Action: please lobby your MP. Why are these mainland MPs so eager to change the law in Northern Ireland? From SPUC: There is a proposal in the UK parliament to extend Britain's liberal abortion régime to Northern Ireland. Ms Diane Abbott, Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, England, and colleagues from other parties have tabled an amendment to the government's Human Fertilisation and Embryology...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Diane Abbott: It is shocking that women there are still denied free abortions: our amendment to the embryology bill can right this wrong
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Comment is free: Diane Abbott: It is shocking that women there are still denied free abortions. We can right this wrong
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janestheone (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
This EDM tabled by Diane Abbott is spot on. I have to declare a small interest as it was my ten-minute rule bill that kicked off the process which later became the legalisation of civil partnerships. However, I support this because it is right. Whatever people's religious or other views, the public should be protected from the infliction of them. If this person says her conscience prevents her from...
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Postman Patel (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
"This week" is a fairly lighthearted weekly look at the Westminster political scene with host Andrew "Brillo Pad" Neil, Diane Abbott (Body Mass Index = her majority) and Michael Portillo. Whilst waiting for the grapes to be peeled Lord Patel couldn't help but be shaken by the remarkable weight loss shown by Michael Portillo. Is he a well man ? Or is he Martin Amis ?
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PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Public servants should not be allowed to discriminate on the grounds of their beliefs, Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP Diane Abbott said today.
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Labourhome (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
My candid view: Diane Abbott is a bigot and a disgrace and she should get it over with and join the Tories. I have just seen that excuse for a "Labour" MP Diane Abbott tell her Tory mates on "The Week" that, and I quote "I am not judgemental on people who have children out of wedlock. Anyone can make a mistake." For your information Diane, my two children are not any sort of mistake. The mistake is...
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newsjiffy (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Journalist June Sarpong has launched Politics And The City in order to get more women to engage with politics. Nice look, nice scrolling news feed, but needs visitors blogging on the site and some video interviews. News is well targeted. Good to see Barones Amos has signed up- Diane Abbott and Jenny Tonge would be good also.
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Blah Blah Flowers (Free subscription) | 29/06/2008
Why not use Write to Them to ask your MPs to support Diane Abbott's EDM to call upon Heinz to reverse their decision ? Actually getting more irritated now on finding this Heinz press release which says Heinz has confirmed that it withdrew a UK TV commercial for Deli Mayo last week because it was not in accordance with Heinz’s long-standing corporate policy of respecting everyone’s rights and values....
