Required fields are marked *. Not really, it depends on your history. I quote loosely from memory. He could have told those who were offering him Meth at the start of his Meth downfall that he was not interested and ingest something else instead. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. I can see them in the market on a Saturday morning. The grey area between being criminally responsible and being a total nutter is very large indeed.. Having Diane Abbott as your mother may be considered a mitigating factor in a simple case, but carries less weight with offences at three hospitals and the FCO itself. And so off he went; I never saw him again. Lawyers acting for the Labour front-bencher wrote to this newspaper after it approached her for comment. DA Some of my colleagues resent that but I think its just jealousy. The Beeb is, instead, running a story about John Major missing watching the UKs only Gold Medal in the Atlanta Olympics to watch cricket as if it was his duty to know in advance which medals we should win and fly 5000-odd miles to congratulate winners in person. EXCLUSIVE Boss of Lib-Dem run South Cambridgeshire council which was first to introduce a four-day week is SNP MP considers legal action against Edinburgh Fringe comedy club after being 'no-platformed' over her Rebecca Camber Chief Crime Correspondent For The Daily Mail, Do not sell or share my personal information. ', She told the BBC's Andrew Neil: 'West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.'. But he left his post in the summer and according to an online CV had recently been based in Dublin working as a consultant. We must judge individuals by their behaviours and the content of their characters not by slapdash reference to political tribes, classes, races, or genders. Miss Abbott made headlines when she decided to send him to the 10,000-a year City of London School in 2003 after criticising colleagues for choosing private schools.She was not in court yesterday. As we reported yesterday Diane Abbotts son has been charged with biting & spitting on a Police Officer and we were one of the first media outlets to get this out. Youre right. They are disagreeable memories. As though non-Caribbean mothers dont face the same problems in inner-city schools and wouldnt fight to the death for their sons. You cant expect a boy to be vicious till hes been to a good school, @Tom: And it sounds like the poor young guy has severe mental health issues. Yes. But when I heard in 2003 that shed taken her 11-year-old son James out of the state education system and sent him to the 10,000-a-year City of London School, I was gobsmacked by her hypocrisy. Biological or genetic susceptibility do not appear to explain high rates of schizophrenia in black Caribbeans. The other major question is where is the major news broadcasters on this issue absolutely silent it seems. Poor bugger. Olivia Wilde suffers red carpet embarrassment after showing up to the Met Gala in the SAME 'If that happens I'm done, I'm stopping!' But his addiction and mental health issues ended his career. . So probably said something about race when attacking. Even though I take the libertarian view that people should be free to get high if they wish but should be responsible about getting high, Meth does seem to cause immense problems with the users mental health. The alleged assault took place on Friday less than an hour afterthe London Bridge terrorist attack. The cases I did were assault and abusive/threatening words (or some such nonsense). Questions at tomworstall.com we can answer: Why arent we all talking about Diane Abbotts son? Diane Abbott was supposedly the one to make the 999 call relating to her son threatening her with a firearm. DA Id done a lot of work on how black boys underachieve in secondary schools so I knew what a serious problem it was. Id waited a long time to ask Diane Abbott some questions. Its like the fantasy about Brexiters mobbing the streets or what-have-you. We must judge individuals by their behaviours and the content of their characters not by slapdash reference to political tribes, classes, races, or genders. The terrified Labour MP begged police for help as James Abbott-Thompson, 28,. James Abbott-Thompson may not have started out as a violent thug, but some flaw within his character from who knows where, sent him along the path to consume Meth and sadly for him hes forever going to be known in the future as that nutcase who bit police officers. Something went wrong, please try again later. The former Shadow Home Secretary did not pursue the case against her son, but he was charged in relation to the attacks on emergency workers. Actually his LinkedIn page is a bit suspicious, in that with his past jobs he described what he did, whereas with his latest job it lt says nothing specific about what he does, its just a cut-and-paste job about the company (HewardMills). Theres probably some sort of inverted victimhood poker stretching from: White working class male with short hair: zero warnings. Sarah Elliott, QC, defending, said the 28-year-old had been self-medicating due to mental health issues, revealing his mother had first taken him to a child psychologist as early as 13. Abbott's parents, originally from Jamaica, immigrated to the United Kingdom in the early 1950s. I cant even recall who came to clear up his belongings and Im pretty certain that I didnt meet his family. James Abbott-Thompson, 28,. DIANE Abbott's son chased her with scissors and bit a cop in one of nine vicious attacks on emergency workers. Ms Abbott, 66, will become home secretary in charge of policing if Labour winsthe general election in a little over a weeks time. The last assault on a hospital worker is said to have taken place just two days before Christmas. Diane Abbott's Son Faces Prison for Violently Assaulting Police and NHS Staff. Diane . And it sounds like the poor young guy has severe mental health issues so the temptation must be resisted and best wishes for a speedy, full recovery offered. You can go online and check. Ms Abbott was approached byThe Telegraphfor comment after claims that her son had appeared in court began to circulate on the internet. A few days later he beat up a doctor at Mile End Hospital, assaulted a female nurse at the Royal Free Hospital and hit out at another man. Lily James steals the spotlight in a dramatic leather gown as she flies Met Gala 2023: Kate Moss, 49, slips into a pink lingerie inspired gown as she coordinates with lookalike Met Gala 2023: Brooklyn Beckham looks lovingly at wife Nicola Peltz as she wears a flowing white gown with Bill's in Vogue! Well, seven years and one question to be specific. Not that I know of. Wood Green Crown Court heard the Cambridge graduate had been taking crystal meth, the chemsex drug GBL and cocaine since 2013. It wasnt about me saying I dont care what happens to other boys.Ive done so much work to help those kind of children. BR Im guessing those black women couldnt afford to do what you did yet youre saying they shook your hand? Diane Abbott (Diane Julie Abbott) was born on 27 September, 1953 in Paddington, London, United Kingdom, is a British Labour politician. At just 27, he was posted to the British Embassy in Rome as first secretary for exiting the EU, advising Britons in Italy on their post-Brexit rights. And on November 7, he racially abused a nurse, assaulted her and smashed her glasses. Moment commuter blasts eco-zealots, Woman dancing in the street films moment gunman opens fire, Saboteurs wreck Russian train cut power cables 37mi from Ukraine, Royal superfans camping on The Mall ahead of King's Coronation, Historic chairs to be reused by the King for the coronation service, Hundreds of Household Division members rehearse for coronation, Russian freight train derails and bursts into flames after explosion, Women's rights activists and pro-trans campaigners separated, Cambridge students party in the park during annual celebrations, Moment bull suffers catastrophic injuries after leaping from bridge, LGBTQ+ supporters demand Ryan Webb resign at council meeting, Braverman: People crossing Channel are 'at odds with British values'. He was sent to an independent school, thereby sparing him the culture of the racism of low expectations of Black Britons that has been created by the Left dominated teaching unions in State schools. But he threw it all away because of his involvement with Meth. The youngest developed schizophrenia around the age of 20 and it was put down to delayed affects of the malaria hed had when he was about 8. 'They are subjected to peer pressure and when that happens it's very hard for a mother to save her son. Janelle Mone leads the worst-dressed list at the 2023 Met Gala in BIZARRE nearly-naked frock Boots and booty! Its basically an indeterminate sentence. Another explanation could be that the social stigma of mental illness in society, and the black Caribbean community in particular, means theyd rather face criminal charges than admit mental health problems? Face what? Final point. In my experience neither the rozzers nor the CPS are, past a certain point of criminality, interested in making nice and humane and on this occasion, I do not criticise them for that (theres plenty else we can stick the boot into the bastards for). There was an FOI ttempt to find out the details of why he was sacked, but it was refused. I was a single-mother when I made that decision (she was married to her sons father, architect Richard Thompson, between 1991-93). Doesnt mean you have to be a bow-tied pushover, just means you need to pick battles that you can win, with winning being defined by demoralising the baddies and making the goodies have their tails up. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Details of the shocking case can be revealed for the first time after Abbott-Thompson pleaded guilty to 16 offences including spitting and exposure over a six-month period. The day after Kara-Murza's sentence was handed down, a Russian court denied release to Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, the American son of Soviet Jewish refugees. He was slightly bipolar and OCD (not unusually so for a techie :)) when I knew him, but apparently had a bad breakdown nothing violent, just mad schemes for extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers and so forth. Thats to get your priorities and values upside down. He had turned up demanding to see a former colleague but flew into a rage when they asked him to leave - spitting at one cop and biting the thumb of another. But obviously people from other cultures didnt see it that way at all. Yesterday it emerged the rising star had been hooked on drugs even before he joined the Foreign Office fast-track scheme in 2014. And the doubling of her majority at the last election proves the people in Hackney, those who matter most to her, know that. Doggy day-care! Whilst I take the view that the Misuse of Drugs Acts have been a spectacular failure and that prohibition of things like Cannabis, Opiates and similar drugs has been as much a disaster as alcohol Prohibition was in the early 20th century United States, I cannot deny that Meth is nasty. Interestingly, until now, its the one thing thats got me the most positive response from black women locally. I note from the story (The Mail! I appreciate the sentiments of those who want to differentiate between the travails of this poor wretch, and the political stance of his mother. According to a court report from the Daily Mail, James Abbott-Thompson was reported to the police by his mother after he allegedly chased her around her house armed with a pair of scissors whilst claiming that he had a firearm in his dressing gown pocket. My feeling is that schizophrenia is entirely genetic in origin, its just that drug taking pushes more people over the line so to speak. Ive seen loads of schizophrenics charged. But when I heard in 2003 that she'd taken her 11-year-old son James out of the state education system and sent him to the 10,000-a-year City of London School, I was gobsmacked by her hypocrisy . The Telegraph has now sensationally said that Abbott got lawyers involved to try and suppress this story: Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, on Tuesday night tried to prevent The Telegraphfrom publishing details of a court hearing at which her son was accused of assaulting a police officer. Mr B, I dont think I ever did such a case. A pensioner who sent a racially abusive letter to MP Diane Abbott has been given a 12-month community order. I found out a former work colleague (from a business with less than 10 employees, so we were reasonably close) had been sectioned. I have had to deal with two undergraduates who suddenly showed symptoms at about age 21 they were dreadful episodes. DA When Im on my death bed I wont say I wish Id had the opportunity to do more for my career. Born to immigrant parents from Jamaica, Abbot became conscious of race-related bias as early as her school days. Labour's Diane Abbott was asked to quit the shadow cabinet by Jeremy Corbyn's chief of staff after an interview blunder that hit the headlines. Racism itself may contribute to social exclusion, increasing the vulnerability to schizophrenia. The shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott MP, tried to prevent the Daily Telegraph from reporting the details of a court hearing in which her son was accused of assaulting a police officer. The terrified MP called police begging for help when James Abbott-Thompson began chasing her round her house with the scissors while claiming he had a gun in his dressing gown. The former diplomat left the Foreign Office in June this year just weeks before the first alleged attack on July 26 when he is accused of carrying out three attacks including two on emergency workers outside Homerton Hospital and elsewhere in Hackney where his mother lives. I didnt go. Thats what you and some of my colleagues on the Left would never understand. Why also did Diane Abbott try and suppress this story? Its not my place to forgive what she did with him but if it was Id struggle. BR But why did you make that choice at all? Youve got to be really bad to get sectioned these days. I imagine its to do with duffing up a chaps property because you dislike his race. How could she do it? The comments below have been moderated in advance. James Abbott-Thompson, 28, appeared at Thames Magistrates' Court on New Year's Eve accused of 11 crimes. Then have children. He then beat up a doctor at Mile End Hospital a few days later, and later assaulted a female nurse at the Royal Free Hospital and hit out at another man. But were not the Left. If the lad has had a breakdown, how long before someone in The Guardian suggests that its a result of living in our horribly racist society? In her first detailed comments on the controversy, she told BBC. Abbott-Thompson, whose Left-wing mother came under fierce criticism for sending her only child to the private City of London School, joined the Foreign Office in 2014. The most recent reading of which was Sakis (as HH Munro given the way theyve run the alphabet) contributions of which that was one. Id also throw in foetal alcohol syndrome as an occasional factor, plus skunk although, as Jim says, that bit can be rather circular. Black, male with important mother: Unlimited warnings or until the Daily Mail is likely to find out. I thought that biting a rozzer during the closed season was also on the charge sheet. Once a black boy is lost to the world of gangs its very hard to get them back and I was genuinely very fearful of what could happen. In this race Id argue that if anything, with the exception of not having been a New Labour minister Im more qualified. Long ago when I was the warden of a Hall of Residence my students reported to me that one of their number, whose dope smoking they had been happy to overlook, had dropped acid and had had to be restrained from trying to fly down a stairwell. QUALITY BADGES IN A LOVELY GIFT BOX. Mr Maguire said the 999 call about the gun and the scissors, which formed the basis of several officer witness statements, came from Diane Abbott herself. BR Yes, but youre compartmentalising: Youve made your decision as a mother but then you have to go back to work and face DA Face who? The alleged attacks took place over the last six months at three London hospitals, the Homerton Hospital in Hackney, the Royal Free in Hampstead and Mile End Hospital in Tower Hamlets. So a fairly typical afro-caribbean family history. If that is the case the theres a great irony that the son of an MP who has spoken out vociferously in the past about the rights of single mothers and the pressures on them, should go down a similar self destructive route as that taken by so many much less gifted and high achieving Black Britons whose families are also afflicted by fatherlessness. Brown was sentenced at Barkingside Magistrates' Court in Ilford on Wednesday. Abbott-Thompson turned up unannounced and asked to see a member of staff he knew. Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter Abbott-Thompson pleaded guilty in a remote hearing to carrying out 12 assaults as well as racially aggravated criminal damage, making threats and exposing himself. District Judge Jane McIvor granted him bail ahead of a further hearing at Wood Green Crown Court next month. DA Well its no more a problem than it is for Ed Balls who actually went to a public school. BR You said what she did made Labour look like theyre saying one thing while doing another. But my feeling is that these things do not come out of the blue the signs will be there from a young age. +1 beat me to it on drugs bet hes a dope-head (and/or smack, crack) and his progressive mother approved, You may not be interested in Identity Politics, but Identity Politics is interested in you. BR But werent you effectively letting the other black boys sink while helping your own son to swim and not really caring about what happened to those left behind? Im glad she stood for the leadership. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. (theres a five second silence as she stares upwards). Definitely no cultural reason why single black mothers cant raise decent kids despite going to the wall for them. Larry Elder keeps banging on about these issues, and about two things that keeps a young black person out of poverty and statistics are in ones favour: 1. dont get pregnant under 21 years of age 2. graduate from high school. Abbott-Thompson went on to attack another police officer and attempt to escape from an ambulance. The diplomat, who joined the Foreign Office in 2014 before advising Brit expats in Italy on their post-Brexit rights, will be sentenced in July. Mr Abbott-Thompson, who previously worked at the Foreign Office, was charged with two counts of assaulting an officer as well as a public order offence. No charges would have been brought. Judge Aaronberg QC made an interim hospital order while psychiatric reports are prepared. Perhaps he identifies Jeremy Corbyn as his dad this could cause a lot of mental anxiety and trauma. Its time for a robust response that points out that these people are hypocritical arseholes so they can be finished off for good. If median onset is typically in your twenties I can see that historically the disease could have a genetic basis. The diplomat is then said to have chased her around her 1.2million home with scissors, claiming he had a gun in his dressing gown pocket. Without a genetic explanation I can only think of illegal drugs. The terrified Labour MP begged police for help as James Abbott-Thompson, 28, threatened her by claiming he had a gun in his dressing gown. Of course, had a son of say Jacob Rees-Mogg behaved like this it would have been all over the papers and Beeb for months. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. This might be too much information but the smallest rooms current book is a book of quotations. Its a small but perfectly-formed example of how constrained we are as we fight them for our civilisations survival. Whether that obtains here is another matter. The son of left-wing Labour MP Diane Abbott has entered the fray over her decision to send him to private school and rejected claims she is a "hypocrite". And on November 7, he racially abused a nurse, assaulted her and smashed her glasses. Eh? After two and a half years in London, he was stationed in the British Embassy in Rome and was appointed as the First Secretary for Exiting the EU. I struggle with her defence that its a West Indian mum thing. 'He's been dead for 130 years and can still satisfy the ladies': Social media goes wild over mystery woman Scientists discover what happens seconds before you die - activity in the brain and heart RAMPS UP, Trendy hard floors could be to blame for your foot pain (and there is a simple way to stop it). UNN will be discussing this on our live show tonight at 21:00 and as The Telegraph alludes to this incident happened just after the Terror Attack stretching Police resources. The diplomat is then said to have chased her around her 1.2million home. More generally, it would be interesting to know why he left (/was recalled) from his FCO post in Rome. Sorry, Mr in ND, that was addressed to you. He has a lot of grand Tory friends while my friends are people from my own background. Exactly what we dont need. Labour's Diane Abbott was asked to quit the shadow cabinet by Jeremy Corbyn's chief of staff after an interview blunder that hit the headlines. From my understanding schizophrenia falls in to that category. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. These charges are notoriously garbled. People on our side arent wired the same way. The newspaper continued that after he was detained he want on to commit further violent offences. Putting her son in a far more exclusive school and buying him even better life-chances. BR But couldnt you see why there was anger? He went on in October to expose himself at Homerton Hospital. And still that question of the charges persists. Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, on Tuesday night tried to prevent The Telegraph from publishing details of a court hearing at which her son was accused of assaulting a police officer. Cest de la trs bonne dialectique conomique. A kind of touch my children and well turn quite difficult. Just follow the success sequence: get the highest level of education that you can. I had a quick look down the rabbit hole of mens rea yesterday because Id seen a comment some time ago that it seems to have fallen out of favour as a test with the police and prosecutors, perhaps MLed would like to comment? in the first place might be worth an inquiry. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. (2) While there seemed to be a decent chance that his mother would become Home Secretary he was accorded a disgraceful degree of privilege. 22:59 BST 29 Jul 2020. Get a job. And on November 29 he assaulted two officers outside the Foreign Office, where he was employed until leaving that summer to do consultancy work. Now that shes put herself forward to lead the Labour Party I had the chance to ask her in her Westminster office. George Gross, defending, said Mr Abbott-Thompson intended to enter not guilty pleas to all the charges. And on November 29 he assaulted two officers outside the Foreign Office, where he was employed until leaving that summer to do consultancy work. Mens rea, the guilty mind, being irrelevant to the jurys deliberations in such circs. Charlotte is daddy's double! BR So why did you say at the time that what you did was indefensible? Unity News Network (UNN) is a News and Grassroots Information Centre established in April 2018. the general election in a little over a weeks time. Hence why it gets young men in the 20s and 30s they get involved in drug taking and that triggers the latent mental issues. I put it down to the weirdness of his parents, but then Im not qualified. Do you have a working hypothesis/theory of the case? When told they werent there, he flew into rage and went on to attack two police officers. Explaining her decisions about his education, she said: 'I knew what could happen if my son went to the wrong school and got in with the wrong crowd. Not a good time for the lad. Ms Abbott made Jonathan Aitken, the former Conservative cabinet minister who served a prison sentence for perjury, her son's godfather, after she worked with him at Thames Television in the 1980s. He also sank his teeth into a police officer before battering two nurses, a doctor, a therapist and four more cops as they desperately tried to detain him under the Mental Health Act in a "drug-induced psychosis". Diane Abbott has accused the Conservative party of unleashing the most vicious and negative general election campaign in her memory, expressing her disappointment that a female prime minister. Im a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children. I must have read scores of psych reports and never, not once, have I ever seen the words mad or madness used. Assuming that this is schizophrenia, for which this is about the right age, the FCO probably gently gave him the boot as he began to go off the rails. , updated But she later defended her decision insisting it had been the making of him,and saying: I was taught that you sacrifice everything for your child.. Now! Its noticeable that his LinkedIn page, updated in 2019, shows no signs of madness. If this kid gives as an oppo to do to our enemiesthe foes of all decent humanitywhat they are trying daily to do to us then we should seize it with both hands and shake it like a Rottweiller. If you became leader how could you take Labours total belief in state education to the country knowing youve done something with your own son that you called indefensible? But I think the immigrants daughter- turned-single mother has had a tougher life than we gave her credit for. In an earlier hearing George Gross, defending, said his client could be suffering from a personality disorder or psychotic illness and that drug use has contributed to the problem. Its amazing to comprehend what James Abbott-Thompson has thrown away by his own foolish actions. Labour MP Diane Abbott has said sending her son to a 10,000-a-year private school instead of a comprehensive is "indefensible". The 'Bearded Savages Of The Day' Collection, The 'Now That's Why Pakistan Is A S**thole' Collection, Day Seven in the Big Savage House Ramadan death toll passes 100, On the governments refusal to release the Grooming Gang report A very interesting voice in favour of release. The allegations made by his mother were not part of the case as she did not pursue charges. Any other suggestions?. Abbott's decision in 2003 to send her son to the private City of London School after criticising colleagues for sending their children to selective schools, which she herself described as "indefensible" and . Ed Sheeran tells NYC court he'll QUIT music if he's found guilty Could a hormone spray reignite your love life? And they must have found that he was fit to be charged, otherwise hed have been sectioned. He went on to help advise Britons living in Italy about their rights after Brexit. Any other suggestions? DA Yes, but they didnt understand me. James Abbott-Thompson, pictured, pleaded guilty to 16 offences including spitting and exposure over a six-month period. But that probably goes without saying, doesnt it?. Judge Aaronberg QC made an interim hospital order while psychiatric reports are prepared. Instead, they always denied saying it, then talked about all their close friends of other races. BiG? Late onset ones, if his early civil service career is anything to go by. He pleaded guilty in a remote hearing at Londons Wood Green Crown Court to carrying out 12 assaults as well as racially aggravated criminal damage, making threats and exposing himself. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. However this doesnt really explain the charges to Mr Abbott, as others have pointed out if it was linked to schizophrenia of other mental illness it wouldnt be in the public interest to bring charges and also . He appeared at Westminster magistrates court on Monday and is next due to appear at the City of London magistrates court on Feb 7. He also made a number of threats, wrecked a glass plaque and assaulted a third man. A 6 month rampage and only now is there action? Prosecutor Benn Maguire told the court the Labour MP was chased around her home by her son who said he had a gun in his pocket, although no gun was later found. IE a person who had something of a genetic tendency to schizophrenia might not develop it, if they didnt hoover up industrial quantities of drugs, especially weed. The Cambridge University graduate, 28, was once tipped for the top in the Foreign Office. Thats what the Left would have done if the Oxbridge-educated, privileged child of a non-Left celeb had treated NHS angels thus. South Asians have experienced migration, problems with cultural assimilation, and sociodemographic disadvantage, and yet they experience only marginally higher rates of schizophrenia than those of the white British population. He also faces one count of exposure on a hospital ward. So in this case, given the person was already involved with the mental health system I find it very unlikely that the police did not have him assessed by mental health professionals prior to be charged. Hah! Lead Correspondent | David Clews is the Lead Correspondent for UNN, with over 20 years of political/campaigning experience and a wealth of social media and communication skills David gets to the heart of what is really important to the real people of the UK.