<p>Diane Abbott has seen it all. That's why I was so excited to speak with her about her new memoir A Woman Like Me, which captures her voice and the way her upbringing has shaped her political career. Despite being the first Black woman elected to parliament in 1987 and the longest-serving Black MP in the House of Commons, Diane has still been a frequent victim of abuse, overlooked and undermined. She talks to me about how this has impacted her as a Black woman, falling back in love with writing, whether she will be retiring soon or not, the current state of the Labour Party, pardna, her previous relationship with Jeremy Corbyn and where her resilience comes from. </p><br><p>Order Diane's new memoir <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Woman-Like-Me-Memoir/dp/0241536413">A Woman Like Me</a>.</p><p>Follow Diane on <a href="https://x.com/HackneyAbbott">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/officialhackneyabbott/?hl=en">Instagram</a>.</p><p>Follow Yolanthe on <a href="https://twitter.com/yolafawehinmi">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/yolanthefawehinmi/">Instagram</a>.</p><p>Follow Black Prose on <a href="https://twitter.com/blackprosepod">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/blackprosepod/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@blackprosepod">TikTok</a>.</p><p>Subscribe to the Black Prose Podcast newsletter on <a href="https://blackprosepod.substack.com/">Substack</a>.</p><p>Produced by <a href="https://newstrange.com/">New Strange</a>.</p><p>Artwork by <a href="https://www.mattmunday.com/">Matt Munday</a>.</p><p> </p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>