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The veteran MP was stripped of the Labour whip yesterday after sparking a backlash with a letter to a newspaper claiming Jewish people are not subject to racism.

Diane Abbott has had the Labour whip suspended after she suggested Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism “all their…

Labour suspended the 69-year-old veteran MP after she claimed that Jews do not face racism and compared prejudice against them to that suffered by redheads.

Pat McFadden says views in letter were ‘deeply wrong’ and John Mann says it might be best if she quits

Comments about racism made by Diane Abbott were “antisemitic”, Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said.

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to expel Diane Abbott from the Labour Party making 'deeply offensive and wrong' comments suggesting Jews do not face racism.

Sir Keir Starmer condemns the senior MP's racism remarks and says he acted swiftly to suspend her.

Ms Abbott had suggested in a letter to The Observer newspaper. that Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism ‘all their…

Ms Abbott had suggested in a letter to The Observer newspaper. that Jewish, Irish and Traveller people are not subject to racism ‘all their…

The Hackney MP will now serve as an independent after her comments caused offence