Angela Rayner says she wants to see Diane Abbott’s suspension lifted

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Labour’s deputy chief Angela Rayner has stated she would personally like to see Diane Abbott again within the get together.

Ms Rayner additionally condemned as “absolutely chilling” alleged feedback by a high Tory donor that she made him “want to hate all Black women” and that she ought to be “shot”.

Ms Rayner stated: “Personally I would like to see Diane back, but the Labour party has to follow its procedures… so it does not matter what I think.”

Ms Abbott was suspended from Labour final yr after she instructed Jewish persons are not subjected to the identical racism as another minorities.

The MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, who served in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cupboard, apologised “unreservedly”.

Earlier, Keir Starmer informed BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine that Ms Abbott wants “an arm around her” however the concern of restoring the whip was “completely different” and “subject to an ongoing investigation”.

Sir Keir wouldn’t be drawn on whether or not or not Ms Abbott, who at the moment sits as an unbiased, might anticipate to turn out to be a Labour MP once more, saying the investigation into her conduct was “not resolved”.

The Labour chief stated the longest-serving black MP was a “trailblazer” and referred to as the language allegedly utilized by Frank Hester “abhorrent”.

But he stated the difficulty of permitting the Hackney MP again into the get together was an “entirely different issue”.

He added: “That was about allegations of antisemitism in relation to a letter… which is subject to an ongoing investigation, which is separate from me. That’s not something which I conduct.”

The comments come 14 hours after Ms Abbott hit out at the Conservatives and Labour, accusing each events of “shocking” racism within the Tory donor scandal.

Rishi Sunak has refused to hand again a £10m donation from Mr Hester, a rich businessman.