Diane Abbott Suspended from Labour Party Following Remarks on Jewish Racism

Diane Abbott attends a Stand Up to Racism rally outside Downing Street, London, on July 17, 2021. Hollie Adams/Getty Images

Diane Abbott has been suspended as a Labour MP after suggesting Jewish people are not subject to racism “all their lives.”

Abbott, who served as shadow home secretary under the hard-left former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, made the comment in response to a comment which suggested that Irish, Jewish, and Traveller people all suffer from racism in the UK.