Diane Abbott greeted large crowds of people who gathered at a rally in support of her on Friday night, telling the crowd they had to “stand firm” against racism.
The rally was organised by local black women in Hackney including Lucie Scott, the former BAME officer for Hackney North, local activist Sulekha Hassan and several councillors in the borough, after remarks emerged about the longstanding MP by Frank Hester, the Tories’ biggest donor, that were widely condemned as racist and misogynistic.
