Abbott slams Starmer’s cabinet, one by one

All is not well in the Labour party at present. If Sir Keir Starmer didn’t have enough on his plate, what with concerns about cronyism and the ongoing freebie scandal, one of his own backbenchers seems rather publicly out to get him too. Diane Abbott has been particularly active on social media lately, using her platform to slam Starmer’s top team throughout their first party conference in power – and the Corbynista is pulling no punches.

First going for the main man himself, Abbott posted a grainy photo of Sir Keir at the weekend as the frockgate saga ramped up, accusing the PM’s top team of being ‘in the pocket of millionaires’. It followed earlier interventions from Hackney MP — with Abbott admitting to the BBC she felt Starmer had treated her like a ‘non-person’ over the Frank Hester racism row, before confessing to Elizabeth Day: ‘I’ve never had a nice chat with Keir Starmer.’