Tag: Diane Abbott
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There’s a tiny chink of light in the darkest hour…
Close on the heels of our nationwide horror at seeing almost all of our UK politicians excusing Israel’s blatant and atrocity-strewn destruction of Gaza, this week we had to witness yet another disgrace in the House of Commons, where MPs claim to be the voice of the people. In a packed House, each MP was…
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In honour of Diane Abbott
If tokenism worked, Diane Abbott would now be an honoured, senior politician: a figurehead, a hero – the first Black female MP to be elected to Westminster. What must it have been like, being the only Black woman in that hidebound, clique-driven institution? Yet she has served her constituency, being confidently re-elected every time, for…
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Two more reasons to celebrate Mo Farah
I nearly didn’t write a blog about Mo Farah. I nearly settled for a Facebook comment… … That’s because – well, he’s famous already, it’s a headline story already, so it doesn’t need one more telling from me – but then I realised there’s something missing from most of the big media stories. Yes, we…
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Biased media getting you down? – this is what you need…
The Media War on Labour – and how to Defeat It
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They got the money, they got the corporate media – but we got The Many!
Labour Roots – For the many, by the many
Kay Green 