It was twenty years ago today (no, its not a Sergeant Pepper thing) that lovely, bubbly, smiling Diane Abbott became a Member of Parliament. She was the first Black woman to enter Parliament and, an even greater distinction, the first woman MP to be deemed “hot” by a majority of the male population.
We should celebrate today Diane’s being a first class MP, a truly widely respected politician and somebody who makes most people happy (when I say most people, there will always be a few like the projectile vomit lady in Little Britain but I have never known anyone who does not like or respect Diane.
The same cannot be said for the Political Correctness Police who have marked the anniversary by whining that since June 11, 1987 only two other black women and no Asians have made it into the House of Commons.
This comes with the usual demands that The Government do more to get women from ethnic minorities elected. Does it never occur to them that perhaps women from ethnic minorities are just not that interested?
While they ponder that let’s hope Diane Abbott keeps smiling for us and being an excellent MP for her constituency for another twenty years. Its not the skin colour we need more of, its the qualities.