Diane Abbott: Keir Starmer treated me as a ‘non-person’

Diane Abbott: Starmer treated me as a 'non-person'.Source: BBC

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00:00I think, initially, I was treated as a non-person,

00:04which felt very strange because, while at the same time,

00:07they were writing to party members trying to raise money

00:10on the back of how Hester had treated me,

00:13without mentioning me, which was a bit odd.

00:16And when you say non-person, I mean, what do you mean by that?

00:22Well, you'd feel that if somebody was threatening to have you shot,

00:28you would have felt that your party would have offered you more support,

00:33given you advice on safety and security,

00:37even kind of commiserated with you, and none of that happened.

00:41And are you saying that the leader, Keir Starmer,

00:45treated you as a non-person?

00:47As I recall, Keir Starmer treated me as a non-person,

00:53and I got more support from the leader of the SNP, Stephen Flynn,

00:58than I got from the leader of my own party.