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I told Jeremy Corbyn starting a new party was a bad idea, says Diane Abbott

The former shadow home secretary indicated she would not be joining Mr Corbyn’s new party

The Independent UK

‘Orwellian’ football club sacked steward for sending memes

Norwich City’s decision to sack the steward was ‘riddled with unfairness’, a tribunal found.

Evening Standard

Norwich City steward who accidentally sent memes to colleague wins £8,000 payout

The championship club sacked him for breaching its disciplinary policies, a decision described as ‘riddled with unfairness’

The Independent UK

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Labour’s attempt to find successor to Diane Abbott ‘under way’

Exclusive: Contenders teed up for future contest, which MP says seems ‘to pre-empt results of investigation’

The Guardian - UK

Palestine Action ban ‘could become Starmer’s poll tax moment’ as freedom of speech row deepens

Baroness Chakrabarti said the proscription of the group risks exacerbating community tensions, and campaigners warned the ban was a threat to freedom of speech

The Independent UK

Daytime Emmy nominations are out, and I think the winner for the Supporting Actress category will be a two-peat for The Young and the Restless

With the 2025 Daytime Emmy nominations out, I think a star from The Young and the Restless will again claim victory in the supporting actress category.

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Labour should allow debate about racism

Letters: Why does Abbott pointing out an obvious truth about racism entail her suspension from Labour? Darcus Howe’s show Devil’s Advocate was a platform to discuss this, writes Farrukh Dhondy

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‘It’s like clapping for the NHS’: Lionesses’ decision to stop taking the knee triggers debate

While some activists insist it remains a ‘powerful antiracist act’, others say the symbol has been stripped of value

The Guardian - UK

Difficult discussions on different types of racism

Letters: Readers on Diane Abbott’s suspension from the Labour party after she said in a radio interview that she had no regrets about previous remarks about racism

The Guardian - UK

SNP MPs in call for full arms embargo on Israel

SNP MPs have joined calls with more than 50 MPs for the UK Government to issue a full arms embargo on Israel

The National (Scotland)

Mother and daughter found dead three months after 999 call

An inquest into the deaths of Alphonsine Djiako Leuga and her 18-year-old daughter Loraine Choulla began on Monday

The Independent UK

Voices: Diane Abbott may not be right – but is she entirely wrong on race?

COMMENT: We need to have a grown-up conversation about racism, writes Ava Vidal – and I believe people are missing what the now partyless MP was actually trying to say

The Independent UK

The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become

We should be able to discuss the different ways in which minorities are racialised in a thoughtful – and sometimes confronting – way, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - What, exactly, has Diane Abbott said that’s so wrong?

What, exactly, has Diane Abbott said that’s so wrong – wrong enough to get her suspended (again) from the Labour Party? Her observation, that the prejudice that Travellers or Jewish people encounter – or indeed redheads – is different from the racism that black people experience seems like a statement…

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The National (Scotland)

Labour MPs rally behind Diane Abbott after second suspension

LABOUR MPs have rallied around their veteran colleagues Diane Abbott after she was suspended by the party again.

Evening Standard

Minister slaps down Diane Abbott's claim that Labour chiefs want her out after sparking new racism row

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP has said: ‘It is obvious this Labour leadership wants me out’

The Independent UK

Suspended veteran MP Diane Abbott says Starmer ‘wants me out’ after racism remarks

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UK to lower voting age to 16 – but not everyone is convinced

Votes at 16 has grown from a niche concern to become a salient issue supported by most UK political parties and electoral reform groups

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The Guardian - UK

Diane Abbott’s Labour suspension must be resolved ‘as swiftly as possible’, says minister – as it happened

Treasury minister James Murray said Abbott’s claim that ‘this Labour leadership wants me out’ was ‘absolutely not the case’

Evening Standard

‘Not true’ that Labour wants Diane Abbott out, minister says

Exchequer secretary to the Treasury James Murray said it was ‘absolutely not the case’ that Number 10 had wanted Ms Abbott to out of the party.

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: A ‘cruel and unlawful betrayal’ – why is the EU not doing more to sanction Israel?

In today’s newsletter: In failing to leverage its economic influence, the bloc is showing little more than empty threats – and breaking its own rules

Evening Standard

Diane Abbott: Labour ‘wants me out’ after second suspension

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP has been suspended for a second time after repeating a claim she made in 2023 about racism.

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott says Keir Starmer ‘wants me out’ after second suspension over race row

The Labour veteran has been suspended again after repeating a claim she made in 2023 about racism

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott suspended again by the Labour Party over race row letter

Veteran MP said in a BBC interview on Thursday that she stood by a 2023 letter comparing racism experienced by people of colour with that seen by other groups

The National (Scotland)

Diane Abbott suspended from Labour after racism comments

Diane Abbott has been suspended from the Labour Party, it has been confirmed

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