Who is Lyn Brown? Labour MP standing for West Ham stepping in for Diane Abbott following ‘illness’
LYN Brown has stepped in for Diane Abbott to cover the Shadow Home Secretary’s “period of ill health”.
The Labour party confirmed Ms Brown will stand in for Ms Abbott for the rest of the election campaign.
Who is Lyn Brown? What’s her background?
The Labour parliamentary candidate was first elected as the MP for West Ham in the 2005 General Election and she is standing again.
According to her website, Ms Brown grew up in Newham. She attended Drew Road Primary School in Silvertown and Plashet Comprehensive School.
She went on to study English and Religion at what is now Roehampton University in south-west London.
After three years of studying, Ms Brown returned to Newham where she still lives today.
Prior to becoming an MP, Ms Brown worked for the London Borough of Waltham Forest before she was elected a local councillor in Newham in 1988.
As an MP Ms Brown campaigned for Living Wage for all, for the West Ham constituency to receive inner London funding for its inner city problems and for West Ham to reap the benefits of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
She has held a number of roles in the Labour shadow cabinet including Shadow Minister for Communities and Local Government and Shadow Minister for Policing.
Why has she been asked to step in for Diane Abbott?
The Labour party confirmed that Ms Brown has been asked to step in for Diane Abbott.
A statement issued by the party said: “Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, has asked Lyn Brown to stand in for Diane Abbott as Shadow Home Secretary for the period of her ill health.”
The Labour leader also told BBC Breakfast that Ms Abbott had not been well for a “couple of days” and was “taking a break from the campaign”.
Asked how long she would be taking a break, Mr Corbyn replied: “I’ll be talking to her later on today – she’s not well at the moment.”
What Diane Abbott say when she appeared on Sky News?
Ms Abbott appeared on Sky News on Monday, June 5, and was asked about about the Lord Harris report, commissioned by the
The report outlined more than one hundred recommendations on how best to deal with the threat of terrorism.
Sky presenter Dermot Murnaghan tried repeatedly to find out what she thought of it and her ideas on what should be done to keep Britain safe.
When pressed further on the specifics in one exchange, the host asked if she agreed with Lord Harris’ recommendations on “physical resilience”.
She replied: “Yes, I think physical resilience. Is important.”
Asked about the specific point he was making, Ms Abbott said: “Well, I think physical importance is important.”
When he told her of the policies – to amalgamate the police and to put up more barriers – she did not appear to have a response.
She replied: “Well. That is an interesting idea. I think you would find resistance in some parts of London…
“We’re now putting up barriers on bridges. You’d think we might have done that before. Particularly after what happened on Westminster Bridge.”
