Diane Abbott quotes - page 2

Tackling childhood obesity is key. (Diane Abbott)
Because when you watch US television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting. View quote
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I knew what could happen to my son if he was sent to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd. View quote
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I think politicians complaining about the media is like sailors complaining about the weather. View quote
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On balance Mao did more good than harm. View quote
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The disproportionate use of force is clearly discriminatory. This is not a recipe for good police-community relations. View quote
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I will argue for the right of the electorate to vote on any deal that is finally agreed. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I put being a mother ahead of being a politician. View quote
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I think the public sector cuts have the potential to set back race relations and black and ethnic minority communities by a generation. (Diane Abbott)
Another vote would be the democratic thing to do to move Brexit forward. View quote
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I think that's what we were referencing when we talked about easy movement [of workers after the UK has left the EU's single market] - less bureaucracy; it's good for migrants but it's also good for business. View quote
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I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person. View quote
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I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child. View quote
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The health service, they're very worried about a collapse in the number of EU migrants coming here. Social care would be in a terrible position.... finance, education. The reality is that business, the CBI, the Institute of Directors, but also health, education and social care; they say that they need these European migrants and we have to listen to them. View quote
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I want power. I suppose that's the story of my life - seeking power. View quote
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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. View quote
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I do know my figures. View quote
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The Labour Party doesn't support a second referendum. View quote
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Migrants from outside the EU should be treated with the same fairness as EU migrants after Brexit. (Diane Abbott)
I hope ex-members will continue to work with Labour on issues like homelessness, the benefit system, the NHS and most of all fighting this Tory Brexit. View quote
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