Diane Abbott accuses Labor of hypocrisy after using racial row to raise funds

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Diane Abbott has accused Labor of double standards after the party was accused of using Tory donors' election row to boost its own funding - despite his suspension.

Labour's campaign team emailed members saying they were 'angry' after the Conservative Party refused to return a £10 million donation from the tycoon Frank Hester affairs following allegedly racist remarks he made about Ms Abbott.

The message then asked for documents "to close the huge fundraising gap between us and the Conservatives."

But the MP, who was a Labor MP for more than three decades until she was suspended last year, criticized following the 'extraordinary' email amid the party leadership's refusal to reinstate the whip, adding: 'Hypocrisy covers it barely. »

She said: “I am currently suspended from the Labor Party. Left. I have spoken out against the double standards of my treatment in relation to supporters of the leadership and the Forde report detailed the abuse directed at me by serving leaders of the party.

Letter calls for donations to close “huge fundraising gap” between Labor and Conservatives

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“Then they want to use further abuse against me”

Ms Abbott says she has not received an apology after a report of 2022 by lawyer Martin Forde on Labour's internal culture revealed she had been the target of abuse from senior party figures.

The Hackney MP was suspended from Labor Party after suggesting that Jews, Irish and Travelers had never been “subject to racism” in a letter to theG...