Diane Abbott Quotes

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• White people love playing 'divide & rule'. We should not play their game.

  Diane Abbott

  Games, Play, White

  "Diane Abbott: 'White people love playing divide and rule'", www.telegraph.co.uk. January 5, 2012.

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• I was a postman one Christmas and I developed a morbid fear of dogs.

  Diane Abbott

  Christmas, Dog, Morbid

  Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2011.

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• Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have.

  Diane Abbott

  Outsiders, Insight, Insiders

  "Politicians interview pundits: Diane Abbott and Nick Robinson". Interview with Nick Robinson, www.theguardian.com. September 25, 2009.

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• Being an MP is a good job, the sort of job all working-class parents want for their children -- clean, indoors and no heavy lifting. What could be nicer?

  Diane Abbott

  Jobs, Children, Mps

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• I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.

  Diane Abbott

  Children, Wall, West

  "Diane Abbott: I sent my son to private school so he wouldn't end up in a gang". www.mirror.co.uk. June 21, 2010.

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• You can't defend the indefensible. Anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.

  Diane Abbott

  Self, Sound, Hypocritical

  " Abbott defends indefensible in sending son to private school" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2003.

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• I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.

  Diane Abbott

  Children, School, Mps

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• My forebears refused to cut the sugar cane for plantation owners, and I am recognisably a product of that background.

  Diane Abbott

  Cutting, Sugar, Owners

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• It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past.

  Diane Abbott

  Party, Believe, Past

  "Interview: Diane Abbott, Candidate for British Labour Party Leader". Interview with Kim Pearson, www.blogher.com.

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• You learn from mistakes.

  Diane Abbott

  Mistake, Learning From Mistakes

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• I wanted my marriage to work, but it didn't.

  Diane Abbott

  Wanted

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• I believe every abortion is a tragedy.

  Diane Abbott

  Believe, Abortion, Tragedy

  "Why I'm marching at a pro-choice rally" by Diane Abbott, www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2011.

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• Finally, there's a sense in which I look at this Westminster village and London intelligentsia as an outsider.

  Diane Abbott

  Looks, Village, London

  "Politicians interview pundits: Diane Abbott and Nick Robinson". Interview with Nick Robinson, www.theguardian.com. September 25, 2009.

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• When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.

  Diane Abbott

  Children, Dark, Bombarded By

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• In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.

  Diane Abbott

  People, Despise, Values

  "Q&A: Diane Abbott" by Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2011.

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• I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person.

  Diane Abbott

  Hurt, People, Attacking

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• So long as the UK continues to maintain its own identity, it is my belief that the US and the UK should maintain close relations.

  Diane Abbott

  Long, Identity, Belief

  "Interview: Diane Abbott, Candidate for British Labour Party Leader". Interview with Kim Pearson, www.blogher.com.

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• My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain.

  Diane Abbott

  Country, Gun, Cities

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• Mental health is often missing from public health debates even though it's critical to wellbeing.

  Diane Abbott

  Missing, Debate, Mental Health

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• I want to write a best-selling book.

  Diane Abbott

  Book, Writing, Want

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• My family were from Jamaica.

  Diane Abbott

  Jamaica, My Family

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• My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.

  Diane Abbott

  Mother, Records, Unbearable

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• Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.

  Diane Abbott

  Struggle, Junk, Information

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• Gun crime is a major cause of fear and distress throughout the UK. The problem is deeply entrenched in a wide range of social and cultural factors and therefore not an isolated issue.

  Diane Abbott

  Gun, Issues, Causes

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• I want a Labour Party that is more democratic, more open and listens to its members.

  Diane Abbott

  Party, Want, Members

  "Interview: Diane Abbott, Candidate for British Labour Party Leader". Interview with Kim Pearson, www.blogher.com.

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