Diane Abbott, the first black woman MP in the United Kingdom parliament, is now the first black person to be nominated for the leadership of the Labour Party. Outspoken, an avowed Socialist and respected by political opponents, she doubled her majority as MP for Stoke Newington in the May election, which saw her party removed from power.

She’s been sharing her political views as a guest of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Geneva.

BSCC member and WRS’s Conor Lennon spoke to her after her speech and started by asking her if her candidacy is a serious challenge or a fig leaf for a supposedly progressive Labour Party.

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