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
hurt people attacking
I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person.
television casting watches
Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.
jamaica my-family
My family were from Jamaica.
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?
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.
mistake learning-from-mistakes
You learn from mistakes.
book writing want
I want to write a best-selling book.
believe abortion tragedy
I believe every abortion is a tragedy.
children wall west
I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.
party issues abortion
Abortion is an issue of conscience for the Labour party.