Diane Abbott Crashes Again?

[mushroom25]

is this person really home secretary material with such a slim grasp of her specialist subject? or is it just racist to even suggest otherwise?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diane-abbott-general-election-latest-car-crash-interview-dermot-murnaghan-lord-harris-terror-report-a7774626.html

[youngmafbog]

You do realise Mickey that if labour had it's house in order they would have wiped the floor with May?

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anneasquith
Ymg. You didn't answer my question. How do you know she is perfectly well? Do you have a link ?


A link to say she is perfectly well?
lol.

[mikey4444]

YMB....I think that MIGHT have been possible ( sorry about the capitals, but can't do italics very well ! )

But in reality, Labour were never going to win this Election, such a short period after the last one. If the Election was in 2020, as planned, than I agree Labours chances would have been much greater.

At least we agree on what a balls up Mrs May has been making these last 2 weeks. But if she has gone to all this trouble, to be back where she was prior to calling the Election, she won't have achieved very much

Now I must away too work !

[ummmm]

The job she's in suggests she perfectly well...just not very good at it.

[youngmafbog]

Why would I have a link to her doctors notes? I have a pair of eyes and I have watched the interviews. Her whole demeanour exudes an arrogance and contempt for those around her I have not seen in a politician for quite a while. She is highly paid, sent her kids to a private school and one of the champaign swilling do as I say not as I do socialists.

And now of course I am a racist for saying so.

Just out of curiosity do you have a link to her being unwell?

[Deskdiary]

"Ymg. You didn't answer my question. How do you know she is perfectly well? Do you have a link ?"

What an utterly absurd thing to post.

If Abbott was unwell, rather than just plain stupid, she would have made everybody aware of it by now.

[agchristie]

Let's not make excuses for her incompetence by speculating on her health!

[sunny-dave]

It's not racist to think that Ms Abbott is a hypocrite, a moral coward and way out of her depth.

It would be racist to suggest that this is 'because she is black' - which (in contrast to her skewed view of the world) very few people are actually doing.

[ToraToraTora]

surprised Labout HQ hasn't chained her up in the cellar till Friday, MAABOF. Most disturbing is that there are people who are still going to vote Labour, knowing that this simpleton could be in charge of the Police and security services, that is truly terrifying.

[anneasquith]

Ymg. I don't have a link to ms Abbott being unwell I said " I wonder IF she maybe unwell. You posted she is perfectly well !!!!

[gness]

Not necessarily, Ummmm...I know from bitter experience that someone in an important job can be in the early stages of a slow progressing brain disorder and cause shocking damage before the illness is diagnosed.....

Having said that.....ill or well, she really is the most useless politician.....she is completely lost......you can see in her eyes in that interview that she doesn't know what DM is asking......
She looks, as my mother would say, gormless....and this country needs a lot better than that now....

Zacs @ 7.34 is spot on and isn't that a great shame..... these are folk we should have faith and trust in ........

And no, Mushroom....of course not racist.....but I think you're wrong about....slim grasp....she let go long, long ago..... :-(

[mushroom25]

looks like we owe her an apology - she IS ill...
https://tinyurl.com/y796957k

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lol

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Dear woman's hour
Diane will not be attending your debate today due to foreseen circumstances.

Jeremy Corbyn.

[Deskdiary]

Somebody in Labour has obviously come to their senses and realised she's liability when there's a microphone anywhere near her and has decided to shut the woman up until after the election so she cannot make more of a fool of herself than she already has by pretending she is ill.

Its a smart move - although they probably should have done this when May announced the snap election.

What Abbott should have said in the interview is something along the lines of 'yes I have read the report but it was some months ago so cannot immediately recall the recommendations, especially as for the past few weeks I have been campaigning, but I fully intend to read it again and will happily appear again when have done so". Unfortunately for her, she's not clever enough to think on her feet.

[EDDIE51]

I have to agree that had she been white she would have been demoted to the back benches . But again if she was white she would never have been elected as an MP in the first place.

[furrypusscat]

That is an easy excuse to come up with, sorry, but I feel any illness she is suffering has been brought about by her incompetence in answering questions in important interviews. Sorry if she is genuinely ill but she has just embarrassed herself once too often. Definitely not Home Secretary material. Heaven help us all if Labour win on Thursday.

[EDDIE51]

Meanwhile the polls continue to show Labour closing the gap on the Tories
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/general-election-polls-2017-latest-odds-tracker-maps/
^ From the Daily Torygraph this morning !

[Kathyan]

If stupid is an illness, then yes, she is ill!

[cassa333]

I thought they had said at the end of last week they weren't going to let her out without a carer. She wasn't to do interviews on her own because she is such an incompetent.