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I'm not the only Labour MP who sent their child to public school but I'm the only one who's questioned about it.

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Diane Abbott
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: September 27
British Politician
Journalist
Politician
Diane Julie Abbott
Labour
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Child
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Let's talk about the real issues of crime which people are worried about. What people are worried about is the rise in violent crime. We believe that more community policemen and women are part of the answer to this.
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White people love playing 'divide & rule'. We should not play their game.
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So long as the UK continues to maintain its own identity, it is my belief that the US and the UK should maintain close relations.
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Because when you watch US television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.
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My father was a manual worker.
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There is no reason why the US and the UK cannot have close relations.
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It's very lonely bringing up a child on your own.
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In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values.
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There are 101 websites out there for debate - this was a blatant last attempt to get someone to stand against Gordon Brown.
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My family were from Jamaica.
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My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.
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I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.
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I don't think you can have pain and soul-searching doing the right thing for your child.
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I want to write a best-selling book.
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Families are struggling against a tide of junk information on junk food.
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My London constituency in Hackney has one of the highest levels of gun crime in the country. But the problem is no longer confined to inner city areas. Gun crime has spread to communities all over Britain.
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You can't defend the indefensible. Anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
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I'm not thick-skinned at all, and of course I'm hurt by people attacking me as a person.
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It is time Britain put its trust back into the Labour Party. I believe I am the candidate that can make this happen precisely because I am not associated with the past.
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When fast food is not a treat but a dietary staple, the children surf the internet all day in dark corners of the room and are bombarded with latest gadgets. Things replace parental standards.
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