Diane Abbott Quotes

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

I do know my figures

Sexism towards female MPs is sadly still commonplace

I receive racist and sexist abuse online on a daily basis. I have had rape threats, death threats, and am referred to routinely as a bitch and/or nigger, and am sent horrible images on Twitter

I respect the result of the referendum and no-one wanted to thwart it in a perverse kind of way. But we need to be clear, this is not a Tony Benn Brexit, this is Donald Trump Brexit, and it's got a very ugly side.

There's no question women politicians get a level of abuse online which men don't get. New media and the anonymity has unleashed a really quite violent misogyny which I didn't see when I started in politics, although consistently women always get more severe abuse in the media than men.

I'm in politics to be a voice for people who don't have a voice.

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

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

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.

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.

Of course, sex is great. We don't have to pretend otherwise. But people shouldn't feel victimised by a pornified culture and girls shouldn't be forced to do things they don't feel comfortable with.

I put being a mother ahead of being a politician.

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

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