Diane Abbott
The Spectator heads for civil war
The magazine has been taken over by the same man who runs GB News. Andrew Neil has already gone – will the editor cling on?
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Diane Abbott
It’s election season on Fleet Street
The Diane Abbott controversy, attacking Angela Rayner and… a podcast about Lord Lucan?
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Diane Abbott and the problem with Starmer’s iron fist
The Labour leader needs MPs from all sides of his party, even the ones he’d rather do without
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Badenoch’s trivialising of racism may make her Tory leader. But at what cost?
The Tories’ response to Frank Hester’s racist comments must signal a turning point for the country
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Second by-election loss would mean curtains for Keir Starmer, says Diane Abbott
Losing the Batley and Spen by-election would mean “curtains” for Labour leader Keir Starmer, former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott has suggested. Abbott, an ally of left-wing former party leader Jeremy Corbyn, used an article in the Guardian to claim Starmer’s time at the top of the party could be over if he fails to […]
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Diane Abbott suggests Keir Starmer backed Remain to become Labour leader
Diane Abbott has accused Sir Keir Starmer of plotting to become Labour leader while he was Brexit minister in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet, and suggested the new leader had used the Remain platform to achieve his goal. The former shadow home secretary said Sir Keir’s ambitions were “fairly apparent” and accused him of running “a project of […]