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POLITICS: Diane Abbott celebrates 20 years in parliament

Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, Diane Abbott is celebrating twenty years as a member of Parliament. She became the first black woman to be elected to the House of Commons when she won her seat in 1987. She's using the anniversary to celebrate the success of women from ethnic minorities in public life. Diane Abbott sitting in Westminster with newspaper

ITN Source | June 11, 2007Watch more videos from ITN Source

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