never liked her much, after the debacle of criticising anyone who sends their child to a private school, then did the same herself, she rather lost any credibility.
I'm going to keep my views on Diane Abbott to myself as I suspect they'd not go down too well in this forum :-) Generally I don't find her any more or less irritating or insincere than a lot of other politicians. Seriously she is pretty switched on even if her views and her er appearance may not be to everyone's liking.
An irritating voice perhaps..