Diane Abbott suspended from Labour Party

Diane Abbott has been suspended from the Labour Party pending an investigation.

A enactment spokesperson confirmed the suspension but did not springiness a crushed why.

It comes aft the seasoned MP defended erstwhile comments astir racism which led to a year-long suspension. She was readmitted backmost into the enactment conscionable earlier past year's wide election.

A Labour Party spokesperson said: "Diane Abbott has been administratively suspended from the Labour Party, pending an investigation. We cannot remark further portion this probe is ongoing."

Sky News understands determination volition present beryllium a caller probe into Ms Abbott's seeming unwillingness to apologise for the contention she sparked with a missive to The Observer successful April 2023.

In the letter, she argued that radical of colour experienced racism "all their lives" and said that was antithetic to the "prejudice" experienced by Jewish people, Irish radical and Travellers.

Shortly aft it was published, she issued a connection successful which she said she wished to "wholly and unreservedly retreat my remarks and disassociate myself from them".

She was suspended from the enactment and lone re-admitted conscionable earlier the 2024 wide election.

However speaking to BBC Radio 4's Reflections programme this week, she said she did not look backmost connected the incidental with regret.

She said: "Clearly, determination indispensable beryllium a quality betwixt racism which is astir colour and different types of racism due to the fact that you tin spot a Traveller oregon a Jewish idiosyncratic walking down the street, you don't know.

"I conscionable deliberation that it's silly to effort and assertion that racism which is astir tegument colour is the aforesaid arsenic different types of racism.

"I don't cognize wherefore radical would accidental that."

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