No she's probably not racist, what she is though is standard quality current MP from all sides of the political divide. They are all mostly thick as two short planks apart from their leaders who are planning from the day they enter politics how much they will be leaving office with.

They all say and write stupid dumb remarks that would get you or me locked up, quickly apologise and say lets move on, next week it will be a Tory or LibDem and most people who read these pages will still vote for this swill.

What's this whole "black thing" and "white thing"? When will it end? We're in 2012 for crying out loud.

Dianne Abbott probably isn't a racist. What she said IS racist. Just replace the words "white people" with "asian people", "black people" or "jews" and no one would be claiming it wasn't racist.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1290047/Metropolitan-Police-crim...

Black Britain...not a nice place!

@Suzy

Do you find the word "kaffars" offensive?

People say if the colors were switched this would be seen as a racist. No, white people would just deny that it was racist if a white person said it. White people already defend racists all the time.

Diane Abbott is not racist and she is merely criticizing the fact that what you guys do is racist.

"I'm sorry but what Diane said was equivalent of me as a Scot saying that all English are evil, manipulative, cunning bastards based on what a few elite Englishman have done in the past."

No, it isn't. It's the equivalent of saying "English people love to exploit Scotland". Would you read that as referring to every individual English person? Really?

@Spencer

Why are you talking about Mr Hasan on a blog about Diana Abbotts?

Diana Abbotts is not a Muslim, but don't let this piece of information stop your anti-muslim rant.

''If they dont like Britain and the British laws and way of life then they know what to do.''

Campaign to have the laws changed????

@Cheshyre

"The average 5 year old is qualified to make the claim, as they can identify and describe physical characteristics of different races."

thanks for confirming the level of thought and intellectual rigour that's gone into your claim; that of the average 5 year old....the simple reality is that there is no further taxonomic division beyond sub-species Homo sapiens sapiens level. every time you conflate race and sub-species you are being a 5 year old ignoramus.

"not wanting their carer and lives ruined by the organised forces of Cultural Marxism."

spoken like some-one who has never ever in their entire life worked in science. this conspiracy theory is utter bollox on several levels. mainly, that there have been many 'scientific' racist claims throughout history, since debunked.

"Yes, IQ and so IQ tests, are relevant."

IQ tests prove very very little. it's pseudo-science to claim that results are meaningful. some of the most useless humans on the planet are members of Mensa, other equally useless humans have a lower score.

and then like a little terrier yet again you ask your meaningless nonsense question; "Why, in the hundred years or so since race-denial started, has no race denier been able to devise a test in which all the races (sub-species) perform equally?"

before anyone on the planet could provide an answer, i have to ask you; where is your evidence that there is a difference between human races?

well...?

"Why are you talking about Mr Hasan on a blog about Diana Abbotts?"

1.It's Abbott
2. Because this facile defence is in the name of a publication edited by Hasan,maybe...?

Christ almighty...

'white people love playing "divide and rule". We should not play their game #tacticasoldascolonialism.'

'I understand people have interpreted my comments as making generalisations about white people'

This is just ludicrous, isn't it?

The very same Diane Abbott who was once interrogated by Andrew Neil over another racial slur just a few years ago. Her defense was appalling.

This seems to be a recurring issue.

Her removal seems only fair.

Not Genuine Racism? Is this Racism-Lite? Acceptable racism?

Racism is unacceptable.

Remember Dianne's remarks about black mums going to the wall for their children, and refusing to say that white/asian mothers would do the same?

....Oh well, everybody knows white people cannot possibly be the target of racism.

Ms Abbott's got form, anyone remember the Finish nurses?

Simon Hinds, without any hint of irony, labels more behaviour as specific to white people: "As an example of how clueless white people are about Diane's supposed racism, check out Daniel."

As an example of black people...See the problem, Simon?

When you start attributing characteristics to people by skin colour, it isn't good, is it?

No, you probably don't understand. Just like Abbott, Jasper, et al.

The fact that fuckwits like that have/had so much power is frightening.

@ canonjohn

You evidently have basic comprehension problems.

saying

"White people love to divide and rule."

is categorically different from saying:

"The people who were/are in power that behave this way, tend (for the most part) to be of fair (white if you like) skin."

They are not interchangeable comments. If you can't understand why, get an English teacher to explain it to you.

"But ho-hum, middle England needed to be reminded that "Black people" aren't victims after all that Lawrence coverage."

No one forced Diane Abbott to make a daft racist comment. She did it all herself.

@ Simon Hinds

"an example of how clueless white people are about..."

There goes the bigoted twerp again with the racist generalisations.

@canonjon

Well... living in London and having friends from a number of nationalities and races hopefully my 'evolutionary hunger for conflict and protection from that which is identifiably "different".' is not going to burst out any time soon.

A third of the people in my office are Afro-caribbean, Asian, Arab and one Moari. I've been to their weddings, dinner parties and house warmings, not to mention after work piss-ups. So far all there have kept control over their evolutionary hunger. Maybe it's not that difficult?

@Cheshyre

"Why, in the hundred years or so since race-denial started, has no race denier been able to devise a test in which all the races (sub-species) perform equally?"

"(sub-species)" lol

go on, give it some science pls. who are the members of the subspecies Homo sapiens sapiens? whites or blacks?

and, once you've told me that, what's the scientific name of the remaining sub-species?

or are you beginning to wish you'd never posted something so daft?

No surprise from the white hating New Statesmen. Diane Abbott is racist, when discussing the numerous court convictions involving the pimping of white children by Pakistani street gangs she ignored the facts and invented a white pimping gang in Newcastle that didnt even exist or had even been charged.

In the foul mind of a left wing bigot only whites are racist, everybody is a victim of the whites. If whites are murdered or abused then they dont count or change the facts and the context to suit.

Racist lefties

Of course it was a "racist" comment. But as she is a negro, she is permitted to make "racist" comments. I thought everyone knew that these days?

@A. Cole

does the A stand for Arsehole?

That old Mason-Dixie Line - another American import -looms large in this blog frenzy.
Watch old Mikey Gove! Next he'll into be school-busing.
Look at the reaction to Obama in Republican and Tea Party groupie circles.
Come out fightin' you Rebs!.
Obama in two rounds!

Homebody

Racism is racism. Its about time we clamped down on it. This is a disgrace from an MP.

I dont beleive this was taken out of context at all, rather than a lapse of judgment and inability to hide ones true feelings and opinions.

just look at the comments Samira, how far have you missed the target?

If Abbott ever became Mayor of London, or there were a string of AfroCarribean mayors...I think London would turn into a European equivalent of Detroit.

A vast abandoned hellhole: Run by narcissistic, corrupted, race baiting, incompetent, stupid, angry ideologues with chips
on their shoulders.

She's already done this to Hackney. Be careful of this resentful arrogant politician and her minions.