Abbott switches seats for Tube question time

SHADOW HOME Secretary Diane Abbott has refused to clarify remarks she made on BBC Question Time earlier this year where she suggested that members of the Charedi community became targets of hate crime “because they wear that costume.”

Asked by a London tube train passenger to explain comments she made on political chat show back in April, Ms Abbott was in no mood to talk .

She ignored his question and stood up from her seat to sit away from him further along the busy carriage.

Alex Rose, 18, from Cockfosters, north London, told the JC: “I looked up from my seat and I saw it was Diane Abbott sitting in front of me on the Tube. “Whilst I recognise that Diane was basically trying to speak out on Question Time about the problem of hate crime against Jews, I found her description of the charedi dress as being something akin to wearing a

In no mood to talk: Diane Abbott ‘costume’ a bit troubling.

“I’ve heard a lot of talk amongst leftwing figures about the need for politicians to be more accountable to voters, and not just allowing themselves to be stuck in the Westminster bubble.

“But it was clear that Diane Abbott didn’t want to speak to me — which is a shame.”

The video is at www.thejc.com

I found her description of Charedi dress a bit troubling’