She does come across like she is one of the people, eh? Then you scratch the surface and there lies one of the most hypocritical politicians in the land... someone who says one thing and does the opposite on a regular basis...who pulls out the colour card when it suits her and feels intellectually superior to most of the people on the planet. That aside...she's lovely, I missed Question Time but I'm sure she was fabulous.

I watch her most weeks on the show that follows Question Time - the one presented by Andrew Neil
I can't stand her tbh, Suzy has summed her up well

I really like Diane Abbot.... IMO she has principles ..... I would be very happy to see her get the labour party leadership... but don't think she stands any chance...

I completely agree. Sending her son to a fee paying school when she was in the middle of a constituency with big schooling problems was the last straw for me. She just shouts people down and hasn't come out with a new idea in decades. She is a reactionary rather than a leader. Anyway, I don't think she's getting enough votes, pity in only one sense; where are the women in politics? What's more, where are the socialist women in politics?

Hackneyed.

Not a fan TBH ...........I bet the Milibands are clapping themselves on the back having her as opposition. I'm sure she has good intentions but ..........she always comes across as very high handed ..........thinks she's 'one of us' and then buggers it all up by sending her kid to private school. I can't remember how or even if she tried to justify that. I don't find her very sincere at all.

Funny, but do you have a contribution to the thread?

She talked about it once on 'This Week'. but she didn't justify herself, she just said she did the best for her son and the rest of us can lump it if we didn't like it. Well, that's not a socialst politician.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ........not a great response really. I'm surprised she survived it - actually I've always found her to be a bit arrogant.