Diane Abbott: The Perennial Victim.

Diane Abbott is the embodiment of the "victim culture" that inhabits the middle classes at the moment.

She's the perennial victim, excusing criticism of her as "racist" or "Misogynist", but never, ever taking responsibility for doing the things that cause people to criticise her.

No matter how crass, how stupid how racist her remarks, any pushback is met with "I'm the victim, support me".

It's not what we expect from a politician. We expect politicians to be held to public scrutiny, we expect them to have a thick enough skin to withstand criticism. 

Diane Abbott is none of those things. 

She really shouldn't be where she is. She should be anywhere but politics.

Politics requires certain features: intellect, a robust personality, cognitive ability (yes, I'm alluding to America there), a sharp wit and above all not a sense of being the victim all the bloody time.

Just think if Diane had been an MP when Nazi Germany smashed through France. Would she stand up to their tyranny or would she cower under a table somewhere?

I think she'd have taken the table option, because I haven't seen anything any action, any words from her that convinces me otherwise.