- Born
- Birth nameDiane Julie Abbott
- Nickname
- Diane Abacus
- Diane Abbott was born on September 27, 1953 in Paddington, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Black Cab (2000), The All Star Impressions Show (2009) and OnePeople: The Celebration (2012). She was previously married to David Thompson.
- SpouseDavid Thompson(1991 - 1993) (divorced, 1 child)
- Educated at Harrow County grammar School and Newnham College, Cambridge.
- [1987-] Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington.
- Formerly a civil servant (1976-1980) and journalist (1982-1987).
- Is of Jamaican heritage.
- The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons.
- You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.
- White people love playing 'divide and rule'. We should not play their game.
- Without its trade union link, what is the Labour Party? It's a bunch of Oxford PPE graduates looking for constituencies to represent.
- I would always rather represent ordinary people than represent bankers, but that's why I was never New Labour.
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