', She told the BBC's Andrew Neil: 'West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.'. The idea that you have to pay to send your child to school is. Any other suggestions?. Instead it appears to be more and more common. Mark Duell for MailOnline, Jeremy Corbyn is mocked for using his New Year message to boast that 2019 was 'quite a year' for Labour despite election thrashing, Maps show how 'youthquake' would have won Election for Labour if 18 to 24-year-olds had been only voters - while Tories would have been even bigger winners if over-65s were the only ones to go to the polls, 'He's like the Japanese soldier refusing to accept they had lost the war': Jeremy Corbyn is mocked for his new Year message boasting that 2019 was 'quite a year' for his humiliated party, No Jeremy Corbyn allies deserve our vote: Former Labour MP Ruth Smeeth says entire Shadow Cabinet should be banned from the party's leadership race for failing to root out anti-Semitism, 'We're not your enemies!' In a 2016 Commons debate, which she had requested, she told MPs: All assaults on the police are unacceptable, and we will discuss how to address them. Her son, James Abbott-Thompson, 28, was arrested outside the Foreign Office in Whitehall following the altercation with an emergency worker. The first attack unfolded as Abbott-Thompson was taken from his mum's home to nearby Homerton Hospital when he lashed out at three officers. The last assault on a hospital worker is said to have taken place just two days before Christmas. Diane Abbott's son had crystal meth delivered to her home when she was Shadow Home Secretary, a court heard yesterday. The comments below have not been moderated, By Neil Sears for the Daily Mail He was sent to an independent school, thereby sparing him the culture of the racism of low expectations of Black Britons that has been created by the Left dominated teaching unions in State schools. Currently youre being described as Labours token candidate, which, considering youve been an MP for well over twice as long as all the other leadership rivals, is an insult on many levels. When do we want it? So in this case, given the person was already involved with the mental health system I find it very unlikely that the police did not have him assessed by mental health professionals prior to be charged. In the end youre coming from a culture where whatever you can do for your children you do. Brown was sentenced at Barkingside Magistrates' Court in Ilford on Wednesday. Three of his victims were female. A few days later he beat up a doctor at Mile End Hospital, assaulted a female nurse at the Royal Free Hospital and hit out at another man. Hes then given a hospital order which, among criminal lawyers, is usually considered to be the worst of all fates. The two incidents are not connected but police would have been at full stretch at the time. Again, in my experience, if 1) is passed, then 2) is a shoe-in. Youve got to be really bad to get sectioned these days. Two years before she won the Hackney seat, I took over her desk in Ken Livingstones GLC press office and heard only praise for her talent and principles. 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The former diplomat left the Foreign Office in June this year just weeks before the first alleged attack on July 26 when he is accused of carrying out three attacks including two on emergency workers outside Homerton Hospital and elsewhere in Hackney where his mother lives. I found out a former work colleague (from a business with less than 10 employees, so we were reasonably close) had been sectioned. Just follow the success sequence: get the highest level of education that you can. Abbott-Thompson punched and spat in the face of one officer and tried to hit a second, biting his left thumb. , updated When I lived in Bucks my next door neighbours had been missionaries in Africa for years and their 2 sons had lived there as well. Cambridge graduate Abbott-Thompson had been tipped for a top job in the Foreign Office but he became hooked on crystal meth while stationed in Rome. I can remember from my own undergraduate days how suddenly marijuana appeared and how, without exception, all the early users I knew were people (mainly male) who were already discernibly a bit potty. Because he is not important. They had one son together . It's better to have a little sugar than any sweetener at all, says Gut Health Guru Dr Megan Rossi. The shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott MP, tried to prevent the Daily Telegraph from reporting the details of a court hearing in which her son was accused of assaulting a police officer. Its not my place to forgive what she did with him but if it was Id struggle. James Adam Abbott-Thompson, 28, was charged on Sunday Dec 1 with two counts of assault by beating of an emergency services worker. Cest de la trs bonne dialectique conomique. Whilst I take the view that the Misuse of Drugs Acts have been a spectacular failure and that prohibition of things like Cannabis, Opiates and similar drugs has been as much a disaster as alcohol Prohibition was in the early 20th century United States, I cannot deny that Meth is nasty. We must judge individuals by their behaviours and the content of their characters not by slapdash reference to political tribes, classes, races, or genders. . I struggle with her defence that its a West Indian mum thing. Mild symptoms (grandiosity, visions, impetuous aggression) may even have helped prehistoric young males to get laid. People whove known me for years. He also hurled a stone from a flower pot at a member of the public in reception. In an earlier hearing George Gross, defending, said his client could be suffering from a personality disorder or psychotic illness and that drug use has contributed to the problem. I was a single-mother when I made that decision (she was married to her sons father, architect Richard Thompson, between 1991-93). Labour's Diane Abbott was asked to quit the shadow cabinet by Jeremy Corbyn's chief of staff after an interview blunder that hit the headlines. From discharge to Life Imprisonment, depending on which category of assault (there are 6) with a rough average of 4 years. Oh man. He joined the Foreign Office in 2014 as part of its fast track diplomatic programme, and had been based in Rome, where he was working alongside the British Ambassador advising the British Consul and representatives of the British community in Italy about their rights post Brexit. According to a court report from the Daily Mail, James Abbott-Thompson was reported to the police by his mother after he allegedly chased her around her house armed with a pair of scissors whilst claiming that he had a firearm in his dressing gown pocket. The alleged attacks took place over the last six months at three London hospitals, the Homerton Hospital in Hackney, the Royal Free in Hampstead and Mile End Hospital in Tower Hamlets. Any other suggestions? The alleged attacks took place over the last six months at three London hospitals, the Homerton Hospital in Hackney, the Royal Free in Hampstead and Mile End Hospital in Tower Hamlets. I can see them in the market on a Saturday morning. Definitely no cultural reason why single black mothers cant raise decent kids despite going to the wall for them. Youre right. Did he think he was invincible or had his charmed life as a Cambridge scholar and a diplomat made him arrogant? View our online Press Pack. George Gross, defending, said Mr Abbott-Thompson intended to enter not guilty pleas to all the charges. 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Eh, I dont think theres much political juice in slamming Diane Abbotts lunatic son. 22:59 BST 29 Jul 2020. Ms Abbott, the Labour MP for Hackney and Stoke Newington, was widely criticised for her decision to send her son to the fee paying City of London. He could have told those who were offering him Meth at the start of his Meth downfall that he was not interested and ingest something else instead. Diane Abbott and Baroness Anderson A Jewish former Labour MP has said she feels sad over the anti-Semitism scandal engulfing "icon" Diane Abbott. Of course one could argue that the genetic tendency to mental health issues is what draws them to drugs in the first place, so the argument is a bit circular. QUALITY BADGES IN A LOVELY GIFT BOX. But I think the immigrants daughter- turned-single mother has had a tougher life than we gave her credit for. Once a black boy is lost to the world of gangs its very hard to get them back and I was genuinely very fearful of what could happen. After arriving it was officers who found evidence of crystal meth use in Abbott-Thompsons room. BR Theres also your cosying-up to Michael Portillo on the BBC couch? I appreciate the sentiments of those who want to differentiate between the travails of this poor wretch, and the political stance of his mother. Diane Abbott's son admits assaulting two police officers The son of the Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has admitted spitting at one police officer and biting another after being refused entry to a government building in central London last November. Of course, had a son of say Jacob Rees-Mogg behaved like this it would have been all over the papers and Beeb for months. She was an ambitious girl and very early on decided to work towards getting the best education that she could. They would come up to me and shake my hand. The terrified MP called police begging for help when James. The attitude then adopted is that whilst it may be plain that the miscreant is off his rocker, it is for the defence to raise it, whereupon, if there is medical evidence that he is indeed away with the faeries, there is what is known as a trial of issue a somewhat farcical proceeding in which the miscreant or defendant who, by definition cannot instruct his lawyers or challenge the evidence against him, is assessed by the jury as having done or not done the factual thing alleged against him. and I knew one bloke served nearly 30 years that way, and for criminality which, had he been entirely sane, hed have served maybe five years (Im going from memory, and his was an extreme and unusual example). I note from the story (The Mail! Abbott-Thompson threw punches and kicks at one mental health nurse after telling her: I will get you. A security guard who tried to protect her was punched and kicked in the head and hand. My feeling is that schizophrenia is entirely genetic in origin, its just that drug taking pushes more people over the line so to speak. Kate Middleton's sister Pippa may be attending King Charles' coronation alongside their parents Michael and Support for the Sussexes slumps: Now only Prince Andrew is less popular than Harry and Meghan and just a RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: What do we want? Wood Green Crown Court heard the Cambridge graduate had been taking crystal meth, the chemsex drug GBL and cocaine since 2013. Diane Abbott is seen as a trailblazer for representation within parliament She fought racism and opposition from within her own party to become the UK's first black female MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington in 1987 - a seat she has been returned to at nine elections since with big majorities. And on November 7, he racially abused a nurse, assaulted her and smashed her glasses. He then went on a drug-induced rampage, attacking nine police officers, doctors, nurses and security guards at various hospitals. Rebecca Camber for the Daily Mail The diplomat, who joined the Foreign Office in 2014 before advising Brit expats in Italy on their post-Brexit rights, will be sentenced in July. Its pretty unlikely that his mother is responsible for (1); its even conceivable that her role in (2) is less disgusting than that of her co-conspirators. Indeed his Mam looked like a mental case in the two mismatched shoes photo so it may be a family thing. Anyone on here has a handle on the causes of schizophrenia? District Judge Jane McIvor granted Abbott-Thompson bail yesterday ahead of a further hearing at Wood Green Crown Court next month. Its also interesting to speculate as to why Abbott-Thompson thought he could get away with not becoming addicted to a substance that has ruined the lives of many others?
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