Editing Diane Abbott (section)

===European Union===
Abbott voted against the [[Maastricht Treaty]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Zoe |author-link=Zoe Williams |date=25 September 2020 |title=Diane Abbott: 'Jeremy Corbyn did his best to be nice to people, and they weren't nice back' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/sep/25/diane-abbott-i-refuse-to-make-white-peoples-racism-my-problem-because-it-would-destroy-you |access-date=8 April 2021 |website=The Guardian}}</ref>

Abbott campaigned and supported the Labour Party's official preference for the remain campaign in the [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Abbott |first=Diane |date=24 June 2018 |title=The dispossessed voted for Brexit. Jeremy Corbyn offers real change |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/24/brexit-dispossessed-jeremy-corbyn-diane-abbott-new-left |url-status=live |access-date=27 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428093853/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/24/brexit-dispossessed-jeremy-corbyn-diane-abbott-new-left |archive-date=28 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=22 June 2016 |title=EU vote: Where the cabinet and other MPs stand |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35616946 |url-status=live |access-date=27 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003020914/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-35616946 |archive-date=3 October 2017}}</ref> In December 2016, she told [[Andrew Marr]] that Labour policy was to respect the result of the referendum.<ref>{{cite web |title=Diane Abbott on Labour, Brexit and immigration - BBC News |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgLGg4Q0bBM |date=11 December 2016| access-date=1 June 2022 |website=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

In January 2017, Abbott stated that Labour could oppose the bill to trigger [[Withdrawal from the European Union|Article 50]] if Labour's amendments were rejected.<ref>{{cite news |last=Merrick |first=Rob |date=27 January 2017 |title=Labour may oppose Article 50 Bill if amendments rejected, Diane Abbott says |work=Independent |location=London |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-oppose-brexit-bill-article-50-legislation-amendments-thrown-out-diane-abbot-shadow-home-a7548731.html |url-status=live |access-date=30 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171103101441/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-oppose-brexit-bill-article-50-legislation-amendments-thrown-out-diane-abbot-shadow-home-a7548731.html |archive-date=3 November 2017}}</ref> She abstained from voting on the second reading of the [[European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Act 2017|Brexit Bill]], after becoming ill hours before the vote,<ref>{{cite news |last=Hughes |first=Laura |date=1 February 2017 |title=Diane Abbott fails to vote in Brexit Bill debate after going home with a migraine |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/02/diane-abbott-fails-vote-brexit-bill-debate-going-home-migraine/ |url-status=live |access-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202111618/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/02/diane-abbott-fails-vote-brexit-bill-debate-going-home-migraine/ |archive-date=2 February 2017}}</ref> and later voted in favour at the third and final reading. She said she did this out of party loyalty and respect for democracy.<ref>{{cite web |last=Simons |first=Ned |date=9 February 2017 |title=Diane Abbott Explains Why She Voted For Brexit |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/diane-abbott-explains-she-voted-for-brexit-out-of-loyalty-to-jeremy-corbyn_uk_589c2986e4b0505b1f5a996f |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=HuffPost UK}}</ref> In December 2017, Abbott did not support holding a [[Proposed referendum on the Brexit withdrawal agreement|second referendum]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Stewart |first=Heather |date=17 December 2017 |title=Diane Abbott: Labour does not support a second EU referendum |url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/dec/17/diane-abbott-labour-does-not-support-a-second-eu-referendum |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> saying in 2018 that the UK would vote to leave again in a hypothetical poll.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Littlejohn |first=Georgina |date=24 November 2018 |title=Diane Abbott says the UK would vote Leave again if there was a second referendum |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/brexit/diane-abbott-says-uk-vote-leave-again-second-referendum-226854 |access-date=1 June 2022 |work=i}}</ref> She supported the holding of one following the [[2019 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2019 European Parliament elections]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Elgot |first=Jessica |date=28 May 2019 |title=Diane Abbott: second Brexit referendum is democratic thing to do |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/may/28/diane-abbott-second-brexit-referendum-democratic |access-date=1 June 2022 |work=The Guardian}}</ref> She consistently voted against the [[withdrawal agreement]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Sleigh |first=Sophia |date=16 January 2019 |title=All but eight London MPs voted against Theresa May's vision of Brexit |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-deal-vote-all-but-eight-london-mps-voted-against-theresa-may-s-vision-of-leaving-of-the-eu-a4040546.html |access-date=1 June 2022 |website=Evening Standard}}</ref>