Though veteran MP was eventually allowed to stand for Labour, the dispute has left many black voters despondent
On a bright sunny June afternoon, sunlight bounces off Thomas J Price’s Warm Shores, a pair of 9ft bronze statues of a man and woman that stand proudly outside Hackney town hall as a celebration of the Windrush generation.
The statues had a great view when Diane Abbott, whose Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency sits just to the north, made a speech confirming she was determined to run again as an MP after a major row with Labour.
Continue reading…Though veteran MP was eventually allowed to stand for Labour, the dispute has left many black voters despondent On a bright sunny June afternoon, sunlight bounces off Thomas J Price’s Warm Shores, a pair of 9ft bronze statues of a man and woman that stand proudly outside Hackney town hall as a celebration of the Windrush generation.The statues had a great view when Diane Abbott, whose Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency sits just to the north, made a speech confirming she was determined to run again as an MP after a major row with Labour. Continue reading…