DIANE ABBOTT has said she had given up hope of getting a “fair hearing” from Sir Keir Starmer over the restoration of her Labour whip.

The longest-serving black MP accused party bosses today of carrying out a “fraudulent” disciplinary against her.  

She said the “crushing of democracy” in her local constituency party (CLP) was the “latest confirmation” the Labour leadership had long been conspiring to replace her as parliamentary candidate for Hackney North.

Ms Abbott was suspended as Labour MP after writing a letter claiming white people don’t necessarily experience racism “all their lives” to the Observer in April.

She apologised and withdrew comments the party deemed were “deeply offensive and wrong.”

In a statement released on Twitter today, Ms Abbott said the internal Labour Party disciplinary against her is “fraudulent” as it was no longer run by Labour whips but Labour Party HQ, which reports to Sir Keir.

“This is the same Keir Starmer who almost immediately pronounced my guilt publicly,” she said.

“This completely undermines any idea that there is fairness or any natural justice. It is procedurally improper.

“I have remained silent about this issue until now.

“This was in the hope that some sense of decency, and recognition of the tents of natural justice might prevail.

“The Labour Party disciplinary machine has clearly shown that it has little interest in either.”

She claimed the investigation had been “used to smear me, my reputation, and decades of anti-racist work,” pointing out that a large proportion of the racism highlighted in the Forde Report was directed at her.

Ms Abbott said the recent replacement of her CLP’s elected leadership –  after Labour HQ cut off its communications with the rest of the party for raising safeguarding concerns over the paedophile former councillor Tom Dewey — had been to “install its own, hand-picked personnel and replace me as the candidate prior to the next election.”

Momentum called the party's treatment of her “nothing short of disgraceful” and a “new low.”

A statement from the grassroots group said: “It seems that in their factional vendetta to force a black socialist woman out of Parliament, the Labour leadership have exploited horrific crimes to shut out local Labour members and undermine due process.

“If there is any semblance of democracy and due process in Starmer’s Labour, a fair and proper process should rapidly be concluded and the whip restored.”

Labour said it would not comment on ongoing cases but rightly held its elected representatives to the highest standards.