Diane Abbott was first suspended in 2023.Diane Abbott is set to be suspended by Labour for a second time amid fresh allegations of anti-semitism.The veteran MP appeared to double down on previous comments she made about Jewish, Irish and Traveller people not experiencing the same type of racism as black people, which saw her lose the party whip in April, 2023.In a letter published in The Observer, she said: “They undoubtedly experience prejudice. This is similar to racism and the two words are often used as if they are interchangeable.“It is true that many types of white people with points of difference, such as redheads, can experience this prejudice.“But they are not all their lives subject to racism. In pre-civil rights America, Irish people, Jewish people and Travellers were not required to sit at the back of the bus.“In apartheid South Africa, these groups were allowed to vote. And at the height of slavery, there were no white-seeming people manacled on the slave ships.”She later claimed the letter had been sent to the newspaper in error and apologised “unreservedly” for any “anguish” th
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