Diane Abbott MP: After the local elections, we still have a long way to go
‘Against this hugely unpopular government, a really clear opposition with policies and messaging that show we are on the side of ordinary people can yield massive results’
Diane Abbott
Diane Abbott MP: We are being swamped with reactionary immigration legislation and vile policies
‘Under successive governments we have been swamped with anti-migrant legislation and Home Office practice reflects that political outlook, and blocks claimants at every turn’.
Diane Abbott MP: What is at stake in the local government elections?
‘Representation at all levels of government matters because of what we can deliver.’
Diane Abbott MP: This crisis of living standards is government made
‘History suggests that political upheaval is very likely to follow. The Labour government of 1997, for example, was ushered in on the back of rising food prices.’
Diane Abbott MP: The government should be more like the British people when it comes to welcoming refugees
‘Ministers have offered delay, misdirection, legalism and conditionality. By contrast the public has offered concern, donations, and some are even willing to open their homes’.
Diane Abbott MP: Housing disrepair is endemic in the UK and it urgently needs addressing
‘As a Member of Parliament for more than 30 years, one of the biggest parts of my case load is housing and housing disrepair.’
Diane Abbott MP: Drum beats of war are trying to drown out voices for dialogue and peace
‘We have naïve platitudes about ‘standing with our NATO partners’, when NATO is not going to be doing any fighting at all.’
The Downing Street farce of ‘partygate’ is in danger of obscuring some very serious problems
‘The government’ s cost of living crisis is entirely of its own making’
Diane Abbott MP: Covid is becoming a political crisis for Boris Johnson but it must go much wider
‘This is not the first time Boris Johnson has broken the rules and it is unlikely to be the last’
Diane Abbott MP: The government has manufactured a ‘migrant crisis’ to distract from its own terrible policies
‘Total applications for asylum seekers hit 100,000 or more at the turn of this century. They are far less than half of that now.’
