Ex-Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has taken aim at Sir Keir Starmer following her suspension from the Labour Party last night.
Abbott, who was suspended pending an investigation after doubling-down on her 2023 comment about Jewish experiences of racism, accused the Prime Minister and his allies of wanting her out of the Labour Party.
The Mother of the House had been barred from standing as the Labour candidate in Hackney North & Stoke Newington just weeks before the 2024 General Election.
She was restored as the candidate following a backlash from supporters and retained her seat with a reduced majority of just over 15,000.
Taking aim at Starmer last night, Abbott told the BBC: “It is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out.
“My comments in the interview with James Naughtie were factually correct, as any fair-minded person would accept.”
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Jeremy Hunt fears ‘disastrous’ Rachel Reeves tax hikes with Britons set to be plunged into ‘doom loop’
Rachel Reeves will put taxes at the Budget this Autumn, former Conservative Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said.
Hunt also said that his biggest mistake when he was in charge of the Treasury was not to be clearer about his determination to cut taxes.
And he said Britons were as concerned about the spiralling welfare budget as the small boats migrant crisis.Asked if Reeves will put up taxes at the Budget.
Hunt told Chopper’s Political Podcast: “I fear she will, yes. I think it’s going to be a disastrous thing for the economy if she does.
“What many of us are worried about is that we’re going to end up in this doom loop of ever higher taxes and ever lower growth. And there are lots of divides in British politics.
“The Conservative Party is the only party that really believes that you have to have lower taxes if you want higher growth.
“Look around the world – America, Asia – all the countries where the economy is going gangbusters are places which have kept their taxes low. Only in Europe, including the UK, sadly, have we gone in the opposite direction.
“Now I know I had to put up taxes after the pandemic. You know, we borrowed £400 billion and that had to be paid for. But I was seeking to get us on a path back to lower tax. And I’m worried that we’re now going to go in the opposite direction.”
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