Abbott suspended by Labour Party after racism comments

MP Diane Abbott has been suspended by the Labour Social gathering pending an investigation into feedback she made about racism, the BBC understands.The transfer additionally implies that Abbott will sit as an impartial MP, generally known as shedding the whip. Labour stated it will not be commenting “whereas this investigation is ongoing”. It comes after she stated in a BBC interview: “I simply suppose that it is foolish to try to declare that racism which is about pores and skin color is similar as different varieties of racism.”She was talking a couple of 2023 controversy, when she was suspended as Labour MP for a 12 months after feedback she made about racism in a letter to a newspaper.In that letter, she wrote that Irish, Jewish and Traveller folks “undoubtedly expertise prejudice” that’s “just like racism”.She wrote: “It’s true that many varieties of white folks with factors of distinction, akin to redheads, can expertise this prejudice. However they aren’t all their lives topic to racism.”Abbott was fast to withdraw the remarks, which had been closely criticised by Jewish and Traveller teams, and apologised “for any anguish triggered”.However she was suspended from the social gathering and solely re-admitted simply earlier than final 12 months’s common election.Requested by the BBC if she seemed again on the entire incident with remorse, she stated: “No, in no way.”