{"id":26766,"date":"2023-11-14T12:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/?p=26766"},"modified":"2023-11-14T12:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T12:19:01","slug":"diane-abbott-embarrassingly-fact-checked-over-post-attacking-suella-braverman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/belalcazar.org\/politics\/diane-abbott-embarrassingly-fact-checked-over-post-attacking-suella-braverman\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Abbott embarrassingly fact checked over post attacking Suella Braverman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Suella Braverman sacked as Home Secretary<\/h3>\n

Diane Abbott has been fact-checked over a post attacking Suella Braverman on social media platform X.<\/p>\n

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP, who currently sits as an independent, on Saturday shared a picture of a protester showing his Nazi swastika tattoo while wearing a poppy.<\/p>\n

In reference to comments Mrs Braverman made criticising a pro-Palestine protest on Remembrance Day, Ms Abbott said: “Suella says: ‘Decent British people have had enough of these displays of thuggish intimidation and extremism.’<\/p>\n

“Does she mean guys like this one out today?”<\/p>\n

But the former Shadow Home Secretary has been fact-checked by other users on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n

They pointed out that the picture of the demonstrator was taken in 2016, rather than last Saturday when far-right counter-protesters turned out in London along with the pro-Palestine march.<\/p>\n

GB News presenter and ex-Brexit Party MEP Martin Daubney shared Ms Abbott’s post.<\/p>\n

He said: “Oh dear, Diane Abbott attributes a photo from 2016 to this weekend\u2019s Armistice Day protest. Who\u2019s spreading the ‘hate’ now?”<\/p>\n

There were ugly scenes on Saturday when far-right counter-protesters took to the streets of the capital as Palestine supporters also took part in a rally calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict.<\/p>\n

In her post which has been fact-checked, Ms Abbott had been quoting remarks by Mrs Braverman on X on November 6.<\/p>\n

The senior Conservative MP said: “The hate marchers need to understand that decent British people have had enough of these displays of thuggish intimidation and extremism.”<\/p>\n

Mrs Braverman was sacked as Home Secretary in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle yesterday following controversy over an article she wrote criticising the policing of pro-Palestine protests.<\/p>\n