DIANE ABBOTT has said she had given up hope of getting a “fair hearing” from Sir Keir Starmer over the restoration of her Labour whip.

The longest-serving black MP accused party bosses today of carrying out a “fraudulent” disciplinary against her.  

She said the “crushing of democracy” in her local constituency party (CLP) was the “latest confirmation” the Labour leadership had long been conspiring to replace her as parliamentary candidate for Hackney North.