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Diane Abbott Biography

Diane Julie Abbott (born 27 September 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who was appointed Shadow Home Secretary in October 2016. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington at the 1987 general election, when she became the first black woman to hold a seat in the House of Commons.

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In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

Despise, People, Values

My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain.

Country, Gun, Cities, Longer, Constituency

I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.

Christmas, Dog, Dogs, Morbid, Postman

Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer?

Children, Clean, Heavy, Jobs, Mps, Nicer

White people love playing 'divide & rule'. We should not play their game.

Game, Games, Play, Playing, White

My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

Background, Cutting, Owners, Product, Recognisably, Sugar

I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.

Children, Mums, Wall, West

It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.

Bringing, Child, Children, Lonely

Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

Debate, Health, Mental Health, Missing, Though, Wellbeing

I want to write a best-selling book.

Book, Want, Write, Writing

Let's talk about the real issues of crime which people are worried about. What people are worried about is the rise in violent crime. We believe that more community policemen and women are part of the answer to this.

Answer, Believe, People, Real, Violent, Worried

You learn from mistakes.

Learn, Learning From Mistakes, Mistake, Mistakes

I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.

Children, School, Mps, Labour, Questioned

Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.

Looks, Village, London, Intelligentsia, Look, Outsider

I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.

Child, Children, Pain, Thing, Think, Thinking

When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.

Bombarded, Bombarded By, Children, Dark, Fast, Standards

There are 101 websites out there for debate - this was a blatant last attempt to get someone to stand against Gordon Brown.

Against, Blatant, Brown, Debate, Lasts, Stand

I want a Labour Party that is more democratic, more open and listens to its members.

Labour, Members, Open, Party, Want

I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person.

Hurt, People, Attacking, Person, Course

Abortion is an issue of conscience for the Labour party.

Abortion, Conscience, Issue, Issues, Party

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