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Labour’s Diane Abbott has compared Extinction Rebellion to the Suffragettes and criticised the government’s plans to reclassify the activists as an organised crime gang. Her comments come after a public outcry following XR action on Friday which saw protesters targeting Newsprinters printing works at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, and Knowsley, near Liverpool, blocking the day’s newspapers from … Read more
Christmas Abbott threw herself on her sword to secure an important alliance on Wednesday’s episode of Big Brother All-Stars. In a surprising move, the 35-year-old fitness trainer asked Head of Household Enzo Palumbo, 42, to put her up for eviction at the next elimination ceremony. Her decision came after Kevin Campbell, 40, won the week’s … Read more
UK’s ‘new Brexit trade envoy’ ex-Australian PM Tony Abbott says more elderly Covid patients should be allowed to die by ‘letting nature take its course’ Tony Abbott today said ‘we let fear of falling sick stop us from being fully alive’ He called for lockdown rules to be eased so people make their own decisions … Read more
The decision to appoint a ‘gaffe-prone’ former Australian prime minister as Britain’s post-Brexit trade envoy has been blasted by critics. Tony Abbott is said to be joining the Board of Trade in an advisory role with a mission to help drum up deals around the world. But the appointment of the right-wing Brexiteer, 62, was … Read more
Tony Abbott gets a job! Former prime minister becomes a UK trade envoy 15 months after leaving politics – as Scott Morrison says he is a ‘good hire’ Ex Australian PM Tony Abbott will become president of the UK’s Board of Trade The 62-year-old will tasked with helping Britain strike trade deals around world He … Read more
Former shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has questioned the actions of armed Metropolitan Police officers after a 12-year-old boy was cuffed over a toy gun they thought was real. The Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newingto, said their actions did not fall in line with ‘community policing’ and followed up her comments with … Read more
Diane Abbott leads calls for government to scrap ‘toxic, counter-productive’ Prevent counter-terrorism programme Labour’s Diane Abbott said the terror Prevent programme is ‘counter-productive’ Zarah Sultana said people were reported for reading text books for their degrees Prevent aims to stop people becoming terrorists or by supporting terrorism Ms Abbott said the government should be seeking … Read more
Along with killing tens of thousands of people in countries such as Britain, and inflicting years of subsequent economic pain, the corona crisis should drive lasting change in our perceptions of China. It’s not that this virus has changed the nature of the Chinese regime; but it has made its repressive, secretive and self-aggrandising side … Read more
Diane Abbott was reprimanded by Sir Keir Starmer last night after she took part in an online forum with some of the most notorious figures from Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis. The former shadow home secretary dialled in to the call on video-conferencing service Zoom alongside people including Jackie Walker, who was thrown out of the party … Read more
Abbott reveals it has made a new coronavirus antibody test which ‘could screen 20 million by June’ By Reuters and Mary Kekatos Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.com Published: 21:33 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 21:37 BST, 15 April 2020 Abbott Laboratories announced it has launched its third coronavirus test, this time a blood test … Read more