In a wide-ranging interview with James Naughtie for BBC Radio 4's Reflections, the veteran Labour MP was asked about a letter she sent to the Observer in April 2023 in which she suggested people of colour experienced racism in a different way to Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers. Although she withdrew her comments at the time and apologised, saying "errors" arose in a draft that was sent, she was suspended from the party and only re-admitted just before last year's general election.
A more cynical move by Starmer it’s hard to envisage….
Asked by the BBC's James Naughtie if she looked back on the incident with regret, she said: "No, not at all." She added: "Clearly, there must be a difference between racism which is about colour and other types of racism because you can see a Traveller or a Jewish person walking down the street, you don't know. "You don't know unless you stop to speak to them or you're in a meeting with them. "But if you see a black person walking down the street, you see straight away that they're black. They are different types of racism."
No, they are still racism - the fact one grouping easier to identify than another doesn’t make a difference to that.only an imbecile would think so!
Oh, right, Abbott is exactly that!
Asked if she believed she had done anything wrong or had said something in her Observer letter that she did not believe in, she said: "I just think that it's silly to try and claim that racism which is about skin colour is the same as other types of racism. "I just... I don't know why people would say that."
Because it’s the truth, though I can understand why that’s a concept you’re unfamiliar with…
Abbott was quick to withdraw the remarks, which were heavily criticised by Jewish and Traveller groups, and apologised "for any anguish caused". But she was suspended by the Labour Party pending the outcome of an investigation, with leader Sir Keir Starmer saying her letter "was antisemitic" and should be condemned. Abbott was readmitted to the Labour Party in May 2024, just in time for her stand as a Labour candidate in the general election, even though an internal inquiry into her conduct had concluded four months earlier.
So your initial apology was false? And you're dumb enough to admit to that on air?
"I got tremendous support locally. We had a big rally on the steps of Hackney Town Hall. And in the end Keir Starmer and the people around him had to back off because of the support I had from the community."
If this isn’t racial superiority threats to bring people out on the street, what is? Maybe Special Branch should be investigating?
And so, she's propmtly been suspended again! If only she’d kept her thick racist mouth shut, eh?
1 comment:
This woman should be given as much publicity and air-time as possible. Every time she opens her mouth she loses votes for her party so more power to her elbow. It also flushes out the vermin who are rallying to support her.
Jaded
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