Comments by "marie parker" (@marieparker3822) on "Instead of throwing around accusations of racism, why not conduct some serious research into IQ?" video.

Diane Abbott got into Cambridge from a comprehensive school before there was any talk of 'reaching out to less advantaged studets' or anything like that, which I believe they do nowadays. I used to listen on Radio 4 to a programme called 'In Committee' relaying a Parliamentary Committee meeting where potential legislation was being hammered out. Diane Abbott sometimes chaired these Committees, and she was always excellent, never letting an inconsistency or a downright fallacy go past, keeping the conversation on track, and cutting short repetitions. In short, she was a highly competent chairperson. I think she has had a lot of trauma in her personal life in recent years, and this has affected her badly. I think personally that she needed to retire some years ago, and it is a pity that people who had no experience of her before will remember her as being incompetent.
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