Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott
Diane Julie Abbottis a British Labour Party politician and current Shadow Health Secretary. She was first elected as the Member of Parliamentfor Hackney North and Stoke Newington at the 1987 general election, when she became the first black woman to have a seat in the House of Commons...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 September 1953
jobs children mps
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 school mps
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.
television casting watches
Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.
struggle information tides
Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.
jamaica my-family
My family were from Jamaica.
lonely children
It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.
keys childhood obesity
Tackling childhood obesity is key.
self sound hypocritical
You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
cutting sugar owners
My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.
lasts debate brown
There are 101 websites out there for debate - this was a blatant last attempt to get someone to stand against Gordon Brown.
visiting organisation locals
I spend a lot of time visiting local organisations.
village london outsiders
Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.
people despise values
In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.
mistake learning-from-mistakes
You learn from mistakes.