Top 15 Diane Abbott Quotes

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

[Remaining in the EU would be the] best option for the country and my constituents

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

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

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

[We will table an amendment to reject the deal and] prevent the chaos of the UK crashing out of the EU

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

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

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.

We don't want to see the break-up of families from the EU in the way we currently do for non-EU families.

The Labour Party doesn't support a second referendum

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

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.

I think that's what we were referencing when we talked about easy movement [of workers after the UK has left the EU's single market] - less bureaucracy; it's good for migrants but it's also good for business