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Diane Abbott’s response to the BBC’s ‘apology’ is fierce

Fréa Lockley by Fréa Lockley
21 January 2019
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As The Canary reported on 20 January, many people were furious about the BBC’s ‘apology’ to Labour’s Diane Abbott. Now, she has also hit back. And her response is both accurate and fierce.

“Hostile atmosphere”

Abbott appeared on BBC Question Time on 17 January. As The Canary reported, audience members claimed Abbott met with a “hostile atmosphere” ahead of the show. This was not the only issue. Because the show’s new host Fiona Bruce joined right-wing columnist Isabel Oakeshott in wrongly attacking the shadow home secretary’s polling data.

Since then, tens of thousands of people have called for the state broadcaster to issue an apology.

Following public outrage, the BBC News press team posted two responses on 19 January. The first addressed the issue of comments made about the poll. But on 21 January, Abbott pointed out that this “is not an apology”:

Fiona Bruce was clearly repeating Tory propaganda that Labour were behind in the polls. If she had said behind in one poll, that would have been different matter.

This👇🏾is not an apology and does not address all of the issues that have been raised. https://t.co/XVJpncIegl

— Diane Abbott (@HackneyAbbott) January 21, 2019

The second responded to Abbott’s treatment before the show. But again, Abbott’s response to this statement was damning:

They had not even looked into the matter before contacting my team, so this reassurance is worthless @bbcquestiontime https://t.co/tVPALaNddp

— Diane Abbott (@HackneyAbbott) January 21, 2019

“This isn’t good enough”

The Canary contacted the BBC for comment but received no response.

We also spoke, however, to an audience member whose account differs greatly from the BBC explanation. Jyoti Wilkinson said that, in the warm-up, Bruce:

took it upon herself to instigate a roast. Comments such as ‘let her know what you really think’ and ‘some may think she is in the shadow cabinet because of her very close relationships with Corbyn, nudge nudge, wink wink’ were made…

Another audience member said that, although they didn’t want to comment about their experience to journalists, they had complained to the BBC. They also intend to give “any evidence Diane thinks is necessary”.

Many people continued to complain to the BBC:

https://twitter.com/TheInvisiblePo1/status/1087356441822924801

And a Mirror editor called the BBC “stupid” for its failure to offer a full apology:

The BBC’s stupid not to apologise to Diane Abbott when its legitimacy is under the greatest strain since serving as a Tory Government's mouthpiece in the 1926 General Strike https://t.co/sTyeDG91GC

— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) January 21, 2019

And as Owen Jones also pointed out, this issue is even more pertinent because, as a Black woman, Abbott is “the most abused politician in Britain”:

This isn’t good enough. Diane Abbott, the most abused politician in Britain, was heckled and ridiculed for stating a fact (the polling average shows Labour actually slightly ahead), and the presenter even said Labour was “definitely” behind. Why not just say sorry? https://t.co/7YffkLbUHd

— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) January 19, 2019

This episode shocked and outraged thousands of people. Because it showed the full extent of BBC bias against the left. It was also yet another example of shocking and continued abuse against Abbott. But her response was fierce and direct. And thousands of people agree. This time, the BBC really did choose the wrong person to mess with.

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