Diane Abbott criticizes legacy-polishing efforts around Keir Starmer's resignation
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Diane Abbott criticizes attempts by Keir Starmer and his allies to polish his legacy following his resignation as Prime Minister. She calls out his self-justifying resignation speech, accusing him of lying about his record, including claims about rescuing Labour from bankruptcy and purging antisemitism. The article frames Starmer as the most hated PM in modern British political history and presents Abbott as dismantling the myth-making around his tenure.
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· 3 pulledDiane Abbott — Britain's first Black woman MP — has dismantled attempts by Starmer's political and media allies to mythologise the record of Keir Starmer.
Starmer packed the resignation with lies, justifying himself and whitewashing his awful record.
He claimed he had done everything 'for the country he loves most'; he didn't say that was the UK.
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