Diane Abbott Quotes

White people love playing ‘divide & rule’. We should not play their game.

Sexism towards female MPs is sadly still commonplace

Numbers are a polite way of expressing hostility to migration as a whole.

The British people and British workers are paying a big price for chaotic Brexit

I think the public sector cuts have the potential to set back race relations and black and ethnic minority communities by a generation.

The referendum vote will be honoured and we will come out of the EU next spring

Ever since my colleagues and I have been in the house, there have been a series of incidents that give rise to concern. Our visitors are sometimes treated less than politely and deliberately misled … Visitors and we ourselves have been jostled. We have been challenged by attendants as to our identity in an unsubtle attempt to embarrass us. These occurrences are too frequent and have been going on for too long.

Ireland is our struggle. Every defeat of the British state is a victory for all of us. A defeat in Northern Ireland would be a defeat indeed

I hope ex-members will continue to work with Labour on issues like homelessness, the benefit system, the NHS and most of all fighting this Tory Brexit

The Labour Party doesn't support a second referendum

I want power. I suppose that's the story of my life - seeking power.

I will argue for the right of the electorate to vote on any deal that is finally agreed.

The disproportionate use of force is clearly discriminatory. This is not a recipe for good police-community relations.

In a global world, we need migration and migrants. They should not be subjected to a hostile environment.

Migrants from outside the EU should be treated with the same fairness as EU migrants after Brexit.