Hmm. Diane Abbott is still being criticised for getting her maths wrong....

[BertrandRussell]

....let’s hope people are as unforgiving of this

Nicky Morgan?

Nicky Morgan doesn't make for good (vile) memes comparing her to a gorilla though.

Abbott is picked on because she's a black woman and because she's socially awkward. She doesn't fit the stereotype of what a successful person should look like.

I don't care if someone can't do maths when someone is firing questions at them. I do care if someone is honest. Diane Abbott is honest. Nicky Morgan is a liar.

If Corbyn gets in Billions of pounds of our money will be put in the hands of Diane Abbot and her mates. The fact that she cannot add up is worrying for some but I'm sure there are plenty who work in finance who will be rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect of robbing the public purse.

1. making a gaff on live tv is not the same as not being able to add up.
2. no one runs a department on mental arithmetic. they use computers and qualified staff.

Racism, racism, racism. Diane gets more criticism than anyone. I wonder why that is?

Lots of Tories can't add up (this woman is a Tory communications and media person)

You've only got to look at the billions squandered on brexit (the thing the Tories didn't want) to realise their economic competence is questionable

Agree with @MrsMaiselsMuff and @beguilingeyes

Nicky Morgan was absolutely pathetic in that interview, pitted against two equally pathetic interviewers. Why don't they write the statistics out on palm cards? Isn't that what one does when giving a presentation or public speech?

Then the town clown BongoBoris couldn't do maths even if his life depended on it. But no one is attacking his lame interviews, it's more fun to attack women and especially ethnic minorities who have to fight a double battle.

I can abhor racism but I'll continue to think badly of any politician who talks shite. TBH I wouldn't have a problem with a politician who admitted they were bad at maths or English or whatever but I have no time for politicians who try to fudge facts and make stuff up as they go along. It's patronising to the intended audience.

The sharks in the city don't care about the colour of a person's skin.

They aren't sat idily waiting to see who wins the election, they are planning. I'm pretty sure they can add up in their heads.

They will be deciding on how best to get their hands on the billions in public money spent on infastructure etc.

There is no-one on the front bench for the labour party showing any business ability, they are deluded or nieve so our money will be squandered.

How best to get it? they ask their mates in the tory party to give it to them usually.

Did you mean 'naive'?

Nicky Morgan's just an embarrassment; I've rarely seen anyone more obviously out of their depth with ... well, just about anything really

There appears to be a sort of panic-stricken interior dialogue going on - a sort of "god, how can I excuse that last remark and what the hell can I say next?"

Pathetic

Shes George Osbourne and hes just grown his hair. Seriously, look at her face, why hasnt anybody else noticed this?

*The sharks in the city don't care about the colour of a person's skin.

They aren't sat idily waiting to see who wins the election, they are planning. I'm pretty sure they can add up in their heads.

They will be deciding on how best to get their hands on the billions in public money spent on infastructure etc.

There is no-one on the front bench for the labour party showing any business ability, they are deluded or nieve so our money will be squandered.*

I have no doubt they are. They're cunts. The tories will continue to line their own pockets and their mates in the city, as they have been doing quite deliberately and they have squandered masses of money on fucking garden bridges and, oh yeah, brexit, such amazing business acumen. I'll take my chances with Labour, thanks.

Regardless of political beliefs, it is bullying with racist undertones IMHO.

@StarbucksSmarterSister That tweet is just ridiculous! Has she pulled it now? I couldn't find it.

Diane Abbot is three things the Daily Mail doesn’t respect - black, female, and older. So their readership are more likely to pick on her than people who genuinely have memory problems related to their politics (Swinson and Johnson for example).

Incidentally it’s a very similar reason why Priti Patel / Gina Miller get picked on too

Possibly has more to do with being an actual traitor and smirking/laughing about the suffering of poor people in Patel's case..

@patroclus - Funny that, considering Swinson doesn’t face the same level of hatred for her politics which are far dodgier than PP’s.

Hollow Talk she may have now but for a couple of days she was defending it!

They really, really, really arnt anywhere near as dodgy as Priti Patel syphoning off public money to a foreign army accused of war crimes whilst pretending to be on holiday

nor do I remember Swinson saying she wanted to starve Ireland, and she isnt known by practically everybody whos ever dealt with her as really, really incredibly thick, as Priti is.

I really want to support Diane Abbott because of her age, sex and race, but I think she's really going to make a mess of things if she gets into power. It's not just a matter of not being impressed - I'm horrified at some of the things she says.

“ I'm horrified at some of the things she says.”

I think she has an incredibly unfortunate voice and manner which sets my teeth on edge. But I don’t find her horrifying....