Diane Abbott Quotes

When I had been at primary school, I was very good at writing essays. It was a big thing. My essays were so good they would get pinned up on the wall and read out to the rest of the class

I think politicians complaining about the media is like sailors complaining about the weather.

Another vote would be the democratic thing to do to move Brexit forward.

The health service, they're very worried about a collapse in the number of EU migrants coming here. Social care would be in a terrible position.... finance, education. The reality is that business, the CBI, the Institute of Directors, but also health, education and social care; they say that they need these European migrants and we have to listen to them.

There is a crisis of masculinity in Britain because of the pressures rapid economic and social change have placed on masculine identity. A generation of men are in transit and unclear of their social role. They are also under pressure to live up to pornified ideals.

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

If you want people to participate and be interested, part of that is to have a political class that looks like the population as a whole.