Quotes by Diane Abbott

About Diane Abbott:

Diane Julie Abbott is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since 1987, when she became the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons. In 2010, Abbott became Shadow Public Health Minister after unsuccessfully standing for election as leader of the Labour Party but was removed in a reshuffle three years later.
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Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.

Diane Abbott

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

My family were from Jamaica.

Diane Abbott

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

Diane Abbott

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

Diane Abbott

The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.

Diane Abbott

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

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

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

Diane Abbott

Tackling childhood obesity is key.

Diane Abbott

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

Diane Abbott

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

Diane Abbott

It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.

Diane Abbott

Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

Diane Abbott

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

Diane Abbott

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

Diane Abbott

My father was a manual worker.

Diane Abbott

I knew what could happen to my son if he was sent to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd.

Diane Abbott

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

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I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.

Diane Abbott

Author Bio

  • NameDiane Abbott
  • DescriptionBritish Labour Party politician
  • AliasesDiane Julie Abbott
  • BornSeptember 27, 1953
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Journalist