Diane Abbott has been suspended from the Labour Party for a second time after repeating comments about racism for which she had previously apologised.The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP said the Labour leadership "wants me out" and that her comments in a BBC interview released this week were "factually correct".It comes a day after Sir Keir Starmer stripped the whip from four Labour MPs for persistent breaches of discipline.Ms Abbott, the longest-serving female MP in the Commons, lost the w

Diane Abbott has been suspended from the Labour Party for a second time after repeating comments about racism for which she had previously apologised.The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP said the Labour leadership "wants me out" and that her comments in a BBC interview released this week were "factually correct".It comes a day after Sir Keir Starmer stripped the whip from four Labour MPs for persistent breaches of discipline.Ms Abbott, the longest-serving female MP in the Commons, lost the whip and had a lengthy stint sitting as an independent after she suggested in 2023 that Jewish, Irish and Traveller people experience prejudice, but not racism.