Episode 12 - The Abbott Effect

⁠#Sowillwe⁠ Hundreds of people took part in a community rally in support of Hackney and Stoke-Newington MP Diane Abbott. There were people there from a range of community organisations and speakers who turned up and out in solidarity at the Hackney rally.  We were so glad to see a truly awesome effort in support of Diane Abbott. More events in Enfield and Edmonton will continue to show solidarity for Britain’s longest-serving black MP. It seems to have given Ms. Abbott a lift, and now she can see the support and admiration for the work she has done and continues to do for many years. Ms. Abbott had the Labour whip suspended after comments she made suggesting Jewish, Irish, and Traveller people are not subject to racism ‘all their lives'. Frank Hester, who also happens to be the largest donor to the Conservative Party ever, was discovered by the Guardian in March 2024 to have declared that Diane Abbott "should be shot" and that her appearance made him "want to hate all Black women." Kemi Badenoch demanded that he should be "forgiven". Sausage maker, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, stated that, just because someone says something racist, it doesn't mean that they are themselves racist. Di Tree of Wi share their thoughts on Ms. Abbott as a role model for generations and why calling out racists and racism has become so easy to deny and downplay because so much has been invested in relegating it to the past.