"Yes Ms Abbott that's the exit"

This story has got legs, mileage, it will run and run. Well it would if Diane Abbott was a Conservative MP . . . . . . and white. As she is finding out rather painfully you hope is that casual racism is something that trips off the tongue with ease or in her case – off her finger tips. You may not realise what you are saying/typing but you most certainly mean it.

In 97 well thought out characters Diane Abbott tweeted on Wednesday;

White people love playing “divide & rule” We should not play their game #tacticasoldascolonialism

The following day sensing an impending shit storm which duly arrived in the form of a public bollocking/humiliation from her boss live on SKY – she tried to convince everyone outside Hackney, the Labour Party, BBC, Ch 4 etc, that her words were taken out of context. They always are.

What she claims she meant to include in her tweet was that she was referring to the nature of 19th century European colonialism but claimed it was not possible in the maximum allowed 140 characters. Seriously ! (Note: First black female MP can't count)

I’m no Twitter expert but this white former colonialist seems to have managed it even with a character to spare, see . . . . . . .

White people love playing “divide & rule” as per 19th century European colonialism We should not play their game #tacticasoldascolonialism

Still doesn’t alter anything because its just as racist even with the additional ‘get me out of jail’ characters - what she is still saying is that us whites are no better now than we were in the 1800s. #reverseracismsackabbott