Labour"s Diane Abbott, the UK"s first black female MP, has been in Parliament for almost 30 years, recently becoming shadow home secretary. She tells BBC Parliament"s Conversations programme about the abuse she has faced, her early humiliations and why she believes in Jeremy Corbyn.
On early battles to overcome prejudice”When I had been at primary school, I was very good at writing essays. It was a big thing. My essays were so good they would get pinned up on the wall and read out to the rest of the class,” Ms Abbott told Conversations presenter Sean Curran.
But in her first English class at Harrow County Grammar School, north-west London, she was asked to write a piece.
“The second class the teacher read out the grades and I sat there complacently waiting for my A. And she went, "A-plus, A, A-minus, B-plus, B, B-minus, C-plus, C, C-minus." I thought, what"s happened? Because at primary school it was always grade As or excellent.
“So, I put up my hand and..
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