Keir Starmer must support Diane Abbott and restore whip after Tory donor remarks, says Dawn Butler

Starmer must support Diane Abbott and restore whip, says Dawn Butler  Good Morning Britain, ITV

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00:00 What would you say that Sir Keir Starmer needs to do?

00:04 Keir needs to come out and call this out and give Diane his full support.

00:08 And Diane needs to have the whip returned.

00:10 So I'm hoping that I'm on the parliamentary committee,

00:14 that means I've been elected by MPs, Ed will know all about this.

00:17 I've been elected by MPs to essentially be their shop steward.

00:20 And that's something that needs to be resolved in the party.

00:24 The thing is this as well, is that when you allow this kind of

00:28 hatred and discrimination to happen, when you don't call it out

00:32 against somebody, you're almost opening doors to others to say

00:36 it's okay to abuse her. It's okay.

00:39 And this is how domestic abuse and domestic violence,

00:42 this is why we don't stamp it out because, oh, it's okay.

00:45 He only hit her once. No, that is wrong.

00:47 And so this is wrong. And everybody, no matter your political colour,

00:51 needs to call this out, that it is wrong, it's discriminatory,

00:54 it's racist and it's prejudiced.