.... which reads well and very sympathetically. For those who don't know Diane Abbott at all, like me, nearly 40 years in NZ, and those who may be too young, and those who have just forgotten, a useful reminder of her political life and the casual and worse racism, sexism and sheer nastiness of too many of her fellow MPs, Labour or Tory, her fellow citizens and the media, though not fortunately to the majority of voters in her constituency of Hackney. who continue to support her. My appreciation of her courage and moral status has risen substantially.....
Quote from the article I particularly enjoyed:
As a new MP with a decent but not huge majority, she quickly became aware of these dangerous currents and of her position’s general precariousness. “If you live in Hackney,” she said in 1997, “the question is: ‘Are you paranoid or are they out to get you?’”
on April 25, 2024, 10:08 am