To think Diane Abbott was off her face on the radio this morning?

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www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/nick-ferrari/diane-abbotts-agonising-interview-over-policy-cost/

Fragrant Diane, she really is the kiss of death.
My toes are still curling

Diane on the Daily Politics now They're playing back the interview to her

Hmm, I have a particular loathing for Andy career politician Burnham. But at the moment Labour are crying out for a media savvy canny political operator.

You're right Father ordinary labour members did vote for him too. I just haven't quite got over the batshit crazy idea to let non-members vote in the election. I also agree about the centre vote being split. Well.... stuck with the effing tories for another five years I guess.

The Daily Politics show is going badly.

She misspoke she says and this was the only interview out of 7 that she did today where she made a mistake.

I can't watch it as to has been hijacked by small people.
She misspoke???? What for six minutes!

She's trying to get off the interview subject. Please talk about policing...

I agree Op, I feel its people like DA that are stopping the party from re building itself and moving on from its recent catastrophic history.

I know Please, WTF were they thinking? And now we're stuck with Corbyn, whatever the election outcome, until the People's Front Of Judea can get him replaced with McDonnell. They're latched onto the leadership of the party like the alien on John Hurt's face.

At this point, it feels like the only way to get them off is for Corbyn to lose his seat, but even the coming election catastrophe won't make that happen.

To be scrupulously fair it is not her ability to wow me in interviews that will convince me of her competence (or not) as a politician. Politicians are supposed to be the representatives of the people - not experts but educated, reasonable people with an overview - the ability to make decisions based on the options available and a reliance on policy advice from people who can do big sums is a requirement.

I have worked in local government and the politicians I had the most respect for were the ones that listened and understood their role and took it seriouslyand were thoughtful about the impact of a decision. They needed people to do the research, costings, finding budgets and making policy and writing speeches. I don't need a politician to be slick and shiny as an oil spill, and media trained till they sound like policy robots I want them to be real and credible.

Dianne Abbott is real but not always credible. I don't have much time for her but she is to be admired or at least acknowledged - (not sure I am would be so laid back if she was my MP of course! ) - for her longevity in the cesspit of parliamentary politics.

Either a) she failed to do her homework and went into an interview completely unbriefed. If that's happening that does not point to an organised party or an individual who should be anywhere near the front bench. or b) Labours numbers are flaky and have no basis in reality.

While I am fully supportive of the policy the above points cannot be overlooked and Labour truly ballsed that up.

I have a soft spot for Diane. She's been with us forever. I think she's exhausted. However I don't want her as Home Secretary.

She's completely hypocritical. She's self interested (but she's not alone in that) and a truly awful advocate for the Labour Party. She is to Labour what Gove is to the Conservatives.

She's been a long time civil servant. Show some damn bloody respect.

Respect is earned not automatically give. Maybe she should respect the electorate by actually being prepared on what she is going to talk about!

It really could f get much worse could it. I see the post Foot wilderness years again for labour. So so depressing.

No sensible credible labour MP will serve for Corbyn so we are left with the rubbish of Abbott and Thornbury. In proper times neither of them or Corbyn would have any office outside of their own safe seat bubbles but as Prof Slughorne says to Prof Dumbledore 'these are mad times'

They are indeed.

I've had to do live radio interviews. Obviously you can't predict every question but you prepare and plan for the ones you are likely to get. You have particular talking points that you want to bring to the fore. If you get side swiped you have a general plan about how to deal with it.
She just sounded totally unprepared and dismissive of the journalist's questions. HowNotToDoIt #101.

Not good enough.

No she's not exhausted she's incompetent and complaicent. She only mixed with her supporters and those who fawn round her and she's started to believe her own publicity.

How fucking dare she turn up to an interview during an election campaigne hoping to be Home Secretary for fucks sake and have not s clue about her facts.

And Corbyn isn't embarrassed bwcause she makes him look competent ffs.

Batgirlspants couldn't agree more.

Nick Ferrari is a disgusting bigot. Can't believe so many women are siding with him over a WOC.

I don't particularly like her. They way she talks feels like she is sneering at people. However, the interview on LBC this morning was toe curlingly bad. She seemed woefully unprepared, kept changing the figures she was quoting and made Labour's figures look like they'd been worked out on the back of a fag packet. The last straw was when she said 250,000 and then accused Nick Ferrari of saying it when she was questioned about it. A complete car crash of an interview.

Because their encounter was about knowing policy and costings maybe?

She sounded vastly incompetent, all she had to do was get the advisor in the back ground to google the average police salary and multiply that by 10,000 and state that the figure would be "in the region of X, over four years".

It's not rocket science!

This tax cut seems to have been spent more times than the money we hand to the EU was before Brexit!

Nick Ferrari is a disgusting bigot. Can't believe so many women are siding with him over a WOC.

It. Is. Her. Job!

Nothing to do with race!

@clangersandhash because being a WOC makes you automatically right?

"No she's not exhausted she's incompetent and complaicent. She only mixed with her supporters and those who fawn round her and she's started to believe her own publicity.'

I will keep saying it, it's Lust for Power.

I personally know women like this (men act differently not better obis but different). They totally get off on the sense of power and feeling popular. Reminds me ever so much of Camila Batmanghelidjh from the Kids company.