Nicely avoiding the gist of my post Iains.

Diane Abbott attended Newham College, Cambridge. Something that many of us consider to be one hell of an acheivement, espeially considering her background. Her father was a welder and her mother a nurse.

No silver spoon here.

She graduated from that college with a degree in History.

Now Iains can you claim that you have achieved a degree from a Cambridge college ..............

Yet you refer to the lady in a desisory manner as "Abbacus"

No doubt you take your views from your mentor Terribus "I was educated in the University of life" school of thought.