Diane Abbott’s 4-letter tirade at her own MPs

LaBOUR was in chaos yesterday after an extraordinary Shadow Cabinet row over the possibility of a snap election.

Shadow home Secretary Diane abbott reportedly told MPs worried about losing their seats in a December poll that they could ‘go f*** themselves’.

In yesterday’s crucial Commons vote on whether an election should be held on December 12, most Labour MPs abstained – killing Boris Johnson’s hopes of getting a two-thirds majority.

Mr Corbyn told the Prime Minister he would not support an election on that date – because it may be too dark for many voters and because many university terms would have ended.

a scathing Mr Johnson told him: ‘the leader of the Opposition literally and figuratively has run away from the judgment of the people.’

But Labour may be forced to back an election today.

Mr Johnson said last night he would try for a second time to get an election through the Commons, using a simple bill that requires only a straightforward majority. It means Labour would not be able to prevent an election because it could go through with the support of the SNP and the Liberal Democrats.

Mr Corbyn said he would ‘scrutinise’ the one-line bill that the Conservatives were bringing forward.

It may be politically difficult for Labour to be seen to be voting against an election if they know the bill is going to pass. Earlier, at a tense meeting of the Shadow Cabinet, Miss abbott said she had no sympathy for members of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) worried about an election.

She said: ‘In the run-up to the 2017 election, some Labour MPs were crying in my office and in the tearoom as if it’s a f***ing funeral, saying Jeremy should stand down, then they all got re-elected with increased majorities.’

It was reported that she added: ‘So, frankly, the PLP can go f**k themselves.’

Despite this intervention, the majority of the Shadow Cabinet said they wanted the party to ‘make it clear we should get on with the Withdrawal agreement Bill and the election is not in the national interest’.

Later in the afternoon, in the Commons, Mr Corbyn rejected the December 12 date – but said he was prepared to consider an election on December 9. he added: ‘the December 12 election is less than a fortnight before Christmas, nine days before the shortest day of the year. the house must consider that in parts of this country it will be dark before 4pm.

‘Many students will have just finished their term and gone home for Christmas and they risk being disenfranchised.

‘the latter point may not be the case on December 9 and we will consider carefully any legislation proposed that locks in the date.’

he added: ‘the theme of this is we don’t trust the Prime Minister. We want something that definitely and definitively takes No Deal off the table and ensures that the voting rights of all of our citizens are protected.’

Most Labour MPs abstained on the election vote. Just one, Eurosceptic Kate hoey, voted in favour of it.