Diane Abbott Deletes Tweet Berating David Leakey

DT Diane Abbott MP: Allegations come from former parliamentary official David Leakey. He had been a Lieutenant General who served in Ge… https://t.co/5BAU2BLspi https://t.co/moV7aQoD3c

— Tweets MPs Delete (@deletedbyMPs) February 5, 2020

Diane Abbott Gets Her Facts Wrong and Berates Leakey

Allegations come from former parliamentary official David Leakey. He had been a Lieutenant General who served in Germany, Northern Ireland and Bosnia. But claims he was bullied (i.e. intimidated and coerced) by John Bercow. Unlikely. https://t.co/a3Z7rcJed1

— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) February 5, 2020

Will someone please tell Diane that Leakey was referring to the bullying of others, as quite clearly reported in the Guardian!

As per the Guardian:

"He alleged that the former Speaker “brutalised people” with angry mood swings and outbursts. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “He would fly into a rage, the red mist would descend … jumping up and down and balling out. He called me an antisemite once after being rather rude and insulting about my background, education and military career.

“That’s the sort of intolerable behaviour which I called out. I think that John Bercow suggested this is rather opportunistic, but it’s not. I called him out two years ago and I did so because I was speaking up for people who were either unwilling to speak out for themselves or for one reason or another. I think some people have admitted they had gagging clauses and non-disclosure agreements when they left the Commons.”

The Future Home Secretary

Future Home Secretary. pic.twitter.com/ALIntzYWPF

— Christopher Snowdon (@cjsnowdon) November 6, 2018

Diane Abbott Backs World War II

LISTEN Diane Abbott Car Crash: World War 2 Only Time We'd Back Military Action https://t.co/ex8Vwbd5te pic.twitter.com/98GN3ro1YL

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) April 13, 2018

Diane Abbott Is "Unwell" - Again!

Breaking_ Corbyn replacing Diane Abbott with Lyn Brown, currently shadow police, and candidate for West Ham during her period of ill health

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) June 7, 2017

Abbott been asked to stand aside 'for period of her illness'

— Laura Kuenssberg (@bbclaurak) June 7, 2017

Diane Abbott's Miraculous "Recovery"

@BBCWomansHour this is a picture of Dianne Abbot in Oxford Circus tube station at 8.40am this morning - not seeming very unwell #whdebate pic.twitter.com/Y9Wta28szY

— Nick Astaire (@nickastaire) June 6, 2017

Diane Abbott Is "Unwell"

BREAKING Diane Abbott pulls out of @BBCRadio4 Woman's Hour this morning. Labour has told the BBC she is "unwell".

— Christopher Hope 📝 (@christopherhope) June 6, 2017

Diane Abbott Crashes and Burns

'Nuff said!

Diane Abbott Speaks Her Mind

According to Diane Abbott on BBC Radio 4 this morning, the reason Corbyn got trashed by Theresa May yesterday was not because he is crap, but because Labour MPs didn't cheer and clap him.

Delusional people are leading Labour into the abyss!

Chairman Mao, Was He All Bad?

An exclusive from the #bbctw archive. @HackneyAbbott on Chairman Mao pic.twitter.com/TthPgnvj1U

— BBC This Week (@bbcthisweek) November 27, 2015

BBC Broke Its Own Rules

The BBC reports that it has broken its own rules wrt paying politicians for appearing on the BBC as representatives of their own party.

It seems that Diane Abbott should not have been paid £5K for her six recent appearances on "This Week".

As per the BBC:

"The Trust has ruled that Labour MP Diane Abbott should not have been paid for recent appearances on flagship political programme This Week.

Ms Abbott, a regular guest with Tory MP Michael Portillo and presenter Andrew Neil, has been paid thousands in appearance fees.

The BBC claimed rules banning payments to MPs representing their parties did not apply as This Week was not a "normal" political show.

But this was rejected by the Trust.

The Trust also ruled the MP's appearances had been "too frequent" since she became a shadow minister.

Complaint
In January crossbench peer Lord Laird complained that Ms Abbott had received five payments of £839 and one of £869 for appearances on This Week.

The BBC's editorial guidelines state that MPs should not be paid for appearances where they are "speaking as a member of their party or expressing political views"."