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WHAT WILL our “new normal” look like? To inform our debate, our “thoughts” this month will feature quotes from iconoclasts who want to see freedom, equality and justice for the many. Diane Abbott was a tremendous iconoclast: she was the first back woman elected to the UK House of Commons, at a time when it was virtually all male and all white. There’s many times you hear a politician speak and you think “they can’t really believe that – surely?” Abbot must have heard many such speeches – and here she calls it out.
“You can’t defend the indefensible – anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.”
Diane Abbott MP
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Thought for today
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