Keir Starmer's treatment of Diane Abbott is 'blatant racism', says Labour NEC member
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- As Keir Starmer denies that Diane Abbott has been barred from standing for the party, Tom Swarbrick speaks to Labour NEC member, Mish Rahman.
Abbott was suspended in 2023 for comments stating that Jewish, Irish and Traveller people do not face racism "all their lives".
Speaking to the BBC, Abbott said she had been barred from standing for Labour, but Starmer has now claimed that no decision has been taken as of yet.
Rahman tells Tom that the treatment of Abbott is 'blatant racism' and that the Labour Leader 'does not care about Black and Muslim people.'
He also clarifies whether he would consider leaving Labour if Abbott isn't allowed to stand.
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Jesus Christ this interviewer is dense, there’s no better feeling than explaining the collective experience of your community to a white guy who is smugly questioning the validity of your lived experience at every turn.
Oh stop with the victim mentality. Grow a backbone.
I don't think this is about race, I think this about Starmer trying to purge as many people as he can from the party who are on the left and who have any connection/loyalty to Jeremy Corbyn, which Diane Abbott does.
If Abbot was Jewish, she wouldn't have been treated in this distasteful way. Starmer would be petrified of being labelled antisemitic.
As Dianne stated, there are different types of racism and the ones that hold power determine what qualifies
@@obisan666Exactly! 👏🏾👏🏾
@@obisan666
Well said
Mish Rahman courageously stood his ground. One swallow doesn't make a Summer; it's the pattern of behavior established over years that's important.
Vote Andrew Finstein to make sure kier stammer looses his seat and there for cant be pm let alone leader of labour
I am right with you there
Two clowns 🙄
That sounds like a great idea
Technically wrong on both counts. There's no requirement for a PM (or any cabinet position) to be an elected MP (although that is convention). The leadership of the Labour party is selected by them, and again doesn't need to be an MP (but invariably will be).
(Just pointing this out of interest - I'm sure losing his seat would be a fatally bad look in reality!)
Nothing has been changed for Black people in the Labour Party since the damning Forde Report.
Likewise, nothing has changed for white people since Alan Wells won gold at the Olympics in 1980.
And? Uk is 85 percent white
@@cantagiousca5220 Illogical and non-sequitar argument denotes either lack of Education or Intellect. Which is it in your case ?
@@harveybrown37 “non-sequitur” . Also, no capital “E” in education. 😘
@@martinkirk1 It was early in the morning. No comment on my initial post I see 😉
Can we just clear the entire parliament and elect real people who actually understand the concerns and struggles of the general population? I'm sick to the back teeth of the whole lot of them ffs.
Unfortunately not. This bunch of inept amateurs will be in government later this year..
@@davidgreen6490
Then the majority people will hopefully rise up.
@gemsaint1485 when exactly? They have all been leaving this country for the last 30 years
..why else do you think all the newer planet of the apes movies were filmed in london and no Disney?
I support Diane Abbott
Wanted to vote for Labour but have changed my mind because of how Starmer is treating D. Abbot. Lets Dump Labour Please.
Let's not pretend Abbott also isn't part of the game. She has been for most of her career a terrible self-serving politician
@@siddharthreddiar3353who increases her vote every time she stands.
Starmer is running scared of Abbot and Lammy is just an idiot. Alexi Sayle is correct
You get your politics from a comedian? Sounds right…
@@carlharding5311Truuueee. Sayle is almost as dim as this guy.
@@carlharding5311He's a comedian when he's on stage. The rest of the time, he's just like you and me.
He's getting rid of her as getting rid of her is a net vote winner... Simple as that. How that is "running scared" is beyond me
@@jamescooke6032 They’ve already admitted the only reason they’re stopping her is to distance themselves from the Corbyn administration.
just how low can Starmer go. the Labour Party are finished under the leadership of Sir Keir Starmer.
They'll likely win. If by finished I presume you mean as a left wing concern.
A right wing labour. Who would have thought
They’re not unfortunately, far from it, pandering to boomers is an election winner, and suspending Diane Abbott will cause boomers to pass out out of sheer excitement- they don’t care about policies.
Vote for Honesty and Integrity. Vote for Andrew Feinstein and not Keir Starmer.......
Diane Abbott has been treated absolutely disgracefully. Diane is a true inspiration to millions of people across Britain and especially in Hackney London. 40 years campaigning for justice for all.
Dont talk pish
Cobblers she is nothing outside Hackney..
40 years of campaigning for black women who live in Hackney..hardly a role model
You’re having a laugh 🤣🤣
Fact check...Dianne Abbott is dsiliked by 49% of the voting public and an 11% popularity rating
Well, he's had to cave in and do the right thing - he's been shamed into it.
Bottom line - Starmer can't win a UK GE without being at least Tory-lite. Who TF knows why, but roughly 40% of English voters won't have it any other way.
So, rather than do the hard work of dragging the centre of politics further away from the cliff edge of pound shop fascism, he's taken the easy way out and abandoned the core values the Labour Party was founded on; to the deafening whirr of Keir Hardie doing 20,000rpm in his grave.
Vote Labour - because we're all Tories now.
Vote Labour - if you want Tory policies but want to pretend they aren't.
Vote Labour - we've abandoned our principles, so you don't have to have any either.
The Lammy comment from the presenter is like saying, but I have a black friend. Lol.
Keir picks different allies on different days to suit his political agenda. It's got nothing to do with race.
Why not? He wants to get to power.
@@maneshipocrates2264 because you want it to be about racism more than the actual truth.
Hypocrite or liar 🤥 🤔????
Your funny 😂😂😂
@@catherinemartin6258okay what ever you say dear 😂😂
No more Muslim votes for the Labour Party.
Diane Abbot should stand has an independent candidate. Stuff the Labour Party.
Couldn’t agree with you more No one is irreplaceable.
I so agree.
Preferably in a different Country.
@@nicholaseager9201 Now now. That is uncalled for. Farage yes, Johnson yes.
@@californiadreamin8423 😂😂😂
It's incredible how different standards are between how a minor issue over processes in the Labour party is treated compared to how the Tories are treated over having openly siphoned money to their mates in covid, failed to get a grip on the borders, and damaged the economy so badly that a return to real growth is questionable.
I don’t think it’s a minor issue. Had it been so, the powers that be in the Labour Party would not have bothered with the process.
Spot on 👍🏻
This is a 3 out of 10 scandal. We've had 8 out of 10 scandals with the Tories every week now and nobody cared! Double standards.
@@stevendale7301 the Labour Party tearing themselves apart over petty factional infighting for no reason? Unheard of! Unbelievable!
Typical narcissistic Labour far left. It’s childish, irresponsible politics. A critical election for our nation’s future and Labour about to actually win an election, and the hard left want to make it all about themselves and take focus away from Tory failure. Labour exists to form governments and change reality sustainably for real people, not for the pleasure of useless protest. If you don’t want to help Labour win, be honest and vote Tory, you might as well.
The first sentence on the back of a Labour Party membership card is:- The Labour Party is a democratic Socialist party.
Starmer's party are neither democratic or socialist.
They took that first line out.
Hightime Labour went back to its roots as the political party of the patriotic, white, working classes.
And there we have it...
@@JayGriffinblazesaid it out loud
LIEBOUR AND A WEAK LEADER NO THANKYOU
I agree with the NEC member 💯
Sir Kier lied....plain and simple. I am a Tory voter and don't really like Dian Abbot, but this is disgusting. NO it's not racism, just disgusting.
Racism don’t be ridiculous.
I’m no Starmer fan, but to say it’s racism is ridiculous.
How about because she is incompetent, and they don’t want to risk damage to their strong position.
she claims racism (or others do for her) every time there's an ounce of criticism of her.
I agree. In the past, when she’s made a gaffe, the Labour Party has hidden her from public view. I suspect this is more to do with eliminating a Corbynista from the election.
She is incompetent to the party for her words/actions and also politically. They want a united front that is slick, she is neither.
He will be worst than Rushi
So you are ignoring the racism from other candidates and mp’s? It’s always the racism deniers that end up looking suspicious
It's now or never for Labour party to get rid of Starmer.
according to swarbrick because lammy is there racism doesnt exist or unconscious bias that needs to be called out, he is clueless and instead of listening to peoples experiences he keeps banging on about david lammy. I am sure lammy has had his fair share of rubbush over the years
If this is the best Hackney has it explains a lot! Again and again Diane just gets it wrong.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, one of the few Labour MPs willing to stand up and be counted in his support of the Palestinian people has just been suspended by Starmer's Labour Party and will now not be allowed to stand for re-election in his constituency. Maybe there are other left-leaning Labour MPs scheduled for the same treatment before the election registration deadline passes.
For someone who has turned his back on socialism, he sure is purging any dissent in the party in a way that Mao, Stalin et al. would be proud.
Hmmm. Not seeing much murdering going on in the Labour party. Do you want to try that one again?
Labour is going to feel it.
Well I am saying it !!! You can say for sure that someone would over look racism to keep their power!
Very badly mishandled by the LP. If they were restoring the whip she should have been allowed to stand. Two days of confusion and mess has pushed this to the top of the agenda. It didn't have to be this way.
Spot on - it smacks of awkward situations created by appeasing donors.
Diane and others set up a new party. Real Labour for workers. Could jeremy and andrew feinstein join.
The sweet, sweet smell of desperation.
Quick play the card!
Are you playing The Trump Card?
@@susannahhunt100 Do you mean Donald Trump? Because we live in UK not America 🇬🇧🇬🇧🤣
@@mattsorrell9386 I do mean Donald, a few people support him over here as you very well know. Don't try to be clever it doesn't suit you.
Actually being clever suits me perfectly thanks 👍 it was your question that was not clear this story is about something going on in the UK. To answer your full question yes I like Trump because of his no-nonsense approach
@@mattsorrell9386 If you were at all clever you wouldn't believe the Trump lies. Laughable.
4:11 - For real Swarbrick? Forde Report. They have one guy who as effective as a slug on a salt flat, keeps his head down and asks no awkward questions but all the others who raise difficult questions are ousted. Hmmm. Even if that was the only thing he's done to show he does not support the communities in question.
This is the exact sort of projection that caused me to leave Labour in 2015, when the far-left began to be prominent in the mainstream of the party. Labour is just the snake that eats its own tail lol
So vote Tories or Reform!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
You have no idea what the'far left' is. Proscribed organisations cannot become affiliated.
I will not vote labour. Diane Abbots treatment the Ford report and.Palistine and Diane Abbott should stand independent not getting votes for Labour😮
David lammy equates to uncle tom is what this guy is trying to say
Lammy is a friend. Yet is missing. He's no on he campaign he hides away. Lisa Nandy and Shabana also. Starmer also avoiding Rayner..was with reeves and streeting today. Very weird.
You are putting words in his mouth. He did not say or imply that.
Starmers loyalty lies outside of the UK
These idiots will not be happy until the Tories are given another 14 years. if you want to support the Labour party STOP slaging them off
And if you want the Labour party to be electable again, kick out all the far left remnants of Momentum, and those supported by them. They are poisonous.
Race........ of course, how could it be anything else?
Oh yes.
Let's continue to pretend it couldn't possibly be anything about "race" could it? Come back to reality.
Antisemitism is alive and well in the Labour Party
I don't listen too LBC. But out of curiosity, not knowing this presenter I had a listen.
And within 30 seconds I realised that he has been schooled in the LBC metropolitan Liberal interviewing style.
In other words, this man makes a valid point that is against Sir Kier Starmer, so he takes the agenda away from the central issue to try and make a defence of Starmer by extrapolating a different point.
I hope Labour are contributing to LBC in a worthwhile way.
CRAZY
Remind me again Stürmer's response with his right wing mate Azhar Ali's first bout of antisemitism?
"Zero tolerance" became "I've accepted his apology and we should move on" within a few hours didn't it....
The race card no longer works, you need to find something new it's been massively overplayed 😂
Well done Sir do not let him deny our lived experience
The usual philosophy that any criticism of a Black Person has to be racism as obviously all Black People are perfect and without fault.
The usual philosophy - thereby confirming by a sweeping generalisation the implicit racism you are attributing to black people. Well done!
Nice word salad, very appetising @@gavleopardi70
The British Empire informed us All White people are perfect and without fault. We on the other hand have to always strive harder in anything we do.
@@susannahhunt100 how? What rights do white people have that other races don't? Enlighten me please. Also diversity schemes push employers to hire non white employees over white employees so again how are other races disadvantaged in any material way?
No, people are looking at the disproportionate in the people sacked and suspended and it proves Martin Forde absolutely correct.
ITS THE TORIES THAT DONT CARE. VOTE LABOUR. END THE CHAOS.
Labour you got to joking their a bunch of lefty woke merchants, vote reform
Labour are a mess now. Starmer had months to have sorted this. Fancy clearing her same rime as ange^
If she is NOT allowed to stand, people will complain. If she is allowed to stand people will complain. Stop speaking on behalf of all black and muslim people.
But he's right
King Kong shouldn't stand
She can’t even put the correct colour shoes on 😂😂😂
Ridiculous !!!!!
Go join the workers party if you are not happy with Labour
Love these selfish so called labour supporters ….. love being in perpetual opposition
Abbott is about factionalism, not racism! Yet Starmer embraced Elphick (a complete rabid right-wing nut). No way, I'm changing my vote from Labour to Liberal Democrat! Go, Ed Davey, for genuine transformational change!!!!
THE R WORD AGAIN 😂😂😂
Racism! The word that has zero meaning anymore 😂
If you're a white middle aged man, it never meant anything.
It has more meaning now than ever social media is filled with racism, people are so honest how they truly feel.
Look at all the racism against the Palestinians so many Christian ring wing folk want them all dead.
They are not hiding how they feel I had read many comments.
'But what about David Lammy, he's black.' HE REALLYYYYYYYYYY DOESN'T get it 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Starmer should have offered Abbott a seat in the Lords. That would have been a nice way of handling the situation.
Tom Swarbrick is playing the devils advocate in a far more diabolic way as usual.
so now MR FIXIT (the 2nd )as he calls himself , is now MR BULLSH*T , as most of us already knew !
No issue with your colour, but there is no place for religion in politics.
Corbyn, Abbott, are électoral liabilities . If Labour don’t want them as candidates then that’s their choice. No one is preventing them from standing as candidates. If they lose, they get generous severance pay and nice fat pension pots to look forward to.
Wait, what??
Both have been elected with massive majority support from their constituency spanning decades. Are you against democracy?
Why should he care about the colour of someone's skin ? Luther king had a dream that one day skin colour would not matter and that it would be a person's character that counted. Wise man. Shame the woke doesn't listen to what he said
Greetings, David Lammy works for David Lammy ..... Not all Skin folk are Kin ... Bernie Grant (RIP) worked for all, including so-called Black people... Games and Games and more Games.... Sad.
He needs sacking from the NEC or actually if he believes what he says he should quit
Mr reporter put the same questions of racism to David Lammy next time he come's to your show 🙄 😳
Just proving Keir starmer is a liar anitore hiding in red and Diane Abbott is just affecting off his petty nature I will not vote for him voting Green number 10
It's both racism and whether or not you are Keir and Israel's puppet.
Dianne Abbott is black and neither a puppet of the latter two, while Lammy is black and a puppet,.
My thoughts exactly
She's a menace. The greatest opportunity for Labour and in comes Abbot.
I agree, she's going to sway people away for voting Labour, just as she did in the last General Election.
Race baiter springs to mind.
I am white and I say so spring to mind.🤷🏼♂️
Can you explain why he’s a ‘race baiter?’
@mondingo67 ok, so you're white and??.?? White people believe racism doesn't exist
@@cebanjabecause he assumes it’s about race not about abbot being a divisive far left mp, easy to play the race card
@@user-dt3iv5oc6f she was treated different than her counterparts who done the same/similar things.
Whilst I believe that they do, her politics should not play a part in her treatment. Especially as she is Labour too.
It’s not at all a stretch to see race as the defining factor in Abbots treatment. Can’t see any race baiting at all.
Who will continually play the race card if Abbott is not there?
You think the experience of racism is a game? Says more about you. Shame.
@nocap8223 I have not noticed anything making a career out of playing one, or I would have. Unlike the loony left, I am not a hypocrite.
This guy is blatantly biased and misleading.
He does speak FOR Labour.
She can’t even put the same shoes on, she is perfect for an mp .
Mish Rahman 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Tom, stop putting words in his mouth
One had to wonder what his views were about Corbyn when he was leader, did he blow off as much steam over the leaders jewish insults as he is doing about DA
Keir Starmer, has just lost my vote! He is saying that Jewish are better than black people.... To me 😮
There is so much racism within Parliament it’s mind blowing
Absolutely, and it's widespread in the country. There's only one solution.
@@nizvizwhich is?
It's nothing to do with racism, it's her image and personality.
David lammy is show piece for labour leadership he can't defy stammer on real issue
Every time I’ve seen Diane Abbot on a show talking about politics, it’s like she doesn’t want to be there. She doesn’t know her figures and comes a cross very absent minded. Plus the comment she made about the Jews and Irish, of course she has to go and never come back. But because she is black oh let’s bring her back because a lot of people out there will play the race card
What was the comment you think she made? Also I can name ten plus MPs that didn't know their figures and counting, you're not calling for them to go, what's different? Trott, Dowden, Philp, Adkins, Hunt, McKean, Maclean, Coffey, Gove, Johnson, Jenrick et al
@@JayGriffinblaze This is her comment: Jewish, Irish and Traveller people were not subject to racism "all their lives. Now honestly don’t u think that is a dump and uneducated thing to say? After u know a person who thinks like this will u have her around in your party? Now your bring other people in to the topic and yes I agree they should go to, but we are discussing Abbot here
The treatment of Diane makes me question who I will now vote for in the next election. It appears the vote of others is much more important. It shows his disregard of the ‘black’ vote. Let’s face it there isn’t really enough of us in the UK for them to care.
Starmer doesn’t want her anywhere near the election. In that respect, at least, he’s clued up.
Racism?, do me a favour she was one of the reasons why Corbyn was unelectable in the last election and to say she is being treated badly because of her colour is nonsense.
you might have made sense with ageism, but in reality it is stupidism. Wonder what he has planned for Lammy?
Like Dianne Abbott doesn't add up
As an Irishman I agree with what she said
As a human, I don't.
@@kevinb9830 I don’t experience racism everyday wherever I am in the world
@@kevinb9830 I’m only speaking for myself and my own experience
Being Irish isn't a race, being Jewish is, bit different...
@@Sam.o.29 I know a Chinese fella who’s Jewish how’s he the same race as you?
His treatment of her, is racism? She is being punished because she did a racism!
Feels like the word racism has lost its meaning these days smh
Racism has a simple definition which the speaker has applied to this issue. Racism is when a person is treated worse, excluded, disadvantaged, harassed, bullied, humiliated or degraded because of their race or ethnicity. Starmer would disagree that the treatment of Diane Abbot is due to racism but there’s definitely a case to answer here when she’s been treated differently to others that have done similar.
She first mentioned red heads... rayner? Tarry? Oh yes sam had lost his seat next time. Sam was jez campaign manager.
@@soijp1231do you know any other politicians that have worn two different left footed shoes?
…wow! Crime of the century right there! She also suffer daily threats of violence and intimidation. More so than any politician in this country. What’s your point exactly?
Here we go It's racism...no it's because she represents the far left and supported Corbyn and this guy is a typical example of what Starmer is dealing with regards factions in the party.
What is the "Far Left"? Name one policy that is in your eyes "Far Left".
@@JayGriffinblazethinking that Palestinians are human
From that it's patently obvious you have no idea what the 'far left' is and don't know far left groups oppose Labour, it's just a Tory newspaper insult you are repeating with zero knowledge. The only thing you are close to being correct with is 'factionalism' but fail to understand Starmer leads a 'faction'.
@@Titus9508 |Thanks for the lecture. I am correct about quite a few things. That through most of it's recent history Labour has torn itself apart with idealoigical infighting and that's the reason there have only been 5 Labour Prime Ministers.this century. Corbyn and Abbott may be brilliant in their own communities but their politics and profile scare the majority of voters who regard them as left wing. You may have noticed how Corbyn and all his 'left wing' policies have been used as scare tactics by Sunak and the Tories.But from your comment it's patently obvious you haven't.
Tumbleweed...
She's a liability
Absolutely correct Mish, this situation is the same as what people of colour face in the NHS and I understand it's the same in the Civil Service.
Bigup Mish Rahman! 💯 facts!
Starmer and Abbot should form a comedy duo and do the rounds, They could call themselves The Silly Eyes Fronts 😂🤣 Labour treading in dog 💩 and Spewing up all over themselves before they’ve even got their foot in the Door.. What a 💩 show, Incomparable Incompetence ..Love It 🤣😂🤣😂🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
What does he mean, black and Muslim? Why always bring Muslim matters into this?
She needs to go and he’s just given a reason for hundreds of thousands of people to vote labour…
Really?
This type of person is never worth trying to reach out to.
It's the NEC to decide Abbott's future and they will let her stand tomorrow.