Sir Keir Starmer says he “utterly condemns” Diane Abbott’s comments on racism.<br /><br />The former shadow home secretary has lost the Labour whip after suggesting Jewish, Irish and traveller communities are not subjected to the same racism as some other minorities.<br /><br />Ms Abbott has since apologised.<br /><br />“What she wrote yesterday I utterly condemn,” Mr Starmer said.<br /><br />“I said we would tear out antisemitism by its roots, and I meant it. That’s why we acted so swiftly yesterday, I think it’s a mark of how far the Labour Party has changed, that we acted so quickly.”
