For the record I think the term has both racist and sexist overtones when you consider who it was used about but I do accept that not everyone will see it that way.

However, if you accept it is a term that is not OK to use then the motivation behind it does not matter. It simply should not have been used. Applying the name to someone who has suffered abuse all her life is insensitive in the extreme regardless of why the person used it and says for more about Iains than about Dianne Abbott.

DtG