By GB News (World News) | Created at 2026-09-03 02:15:46 | Updated at 2026-09-03 03:20:15
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Diane Abbott has been told to remember the victims of the "appalling Salisbury poisoning victims" after claiming Russia's threat to Britain was a work of "Nato fiction".
The Labour MP and Mother of the House said she the danger posed by Russia was made up to justify the "complete capitulation to Trump's demands for more military spending".
Senior Nato officials have repeatedly warned about Vladimir Putin's provocations as Germany accused Russia of a drone attack above Leipzig/Halle Airport.
The drone failed to explode in a suspected attack on a Ukrainian cargo plane and has been condemned as a "reckless" act of aggression.
And Russia has been accused of several other disruptions including cyberattacks throughout Europe.
Andrei Fedorov, Russia's former Deputy Foreign Minister, went so far as to warn there might be "semi-military" action on "factories which are producing drones".
On Wednesday, she wrote on social media: "The imminent threat from Russia is a Nato fiction to justify their complete capitulation to Trump's demands for more military spending. The increase should not go ahead."
Ms Abbott has been suspended from Labour twice amid antisemitism rows - once in 2023 and again in 2025 until Andy Burnham brought reinstated her whip.
Diane Abbott said Russia's threat to Britain was a 'Nato fiction'
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Dame Priti Patel, who served as Shadow Foreign Secretary until Monday, slammed the MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington for her remarks and listed numerous threats posed by Moscow in the UK and Europe.
"She should remember the victims of the appalling Salisbury poisonings - a direct Russian attack on British soil," she said.
"Russia's use of the Novichok nerve agent on the streets of Britain - an unlawful use of force by the Russian State against the UK.
"Government action to expel Russian diplomats and the National Security Act 2023 - put in place because of the state threats facing our country.
Dame Priti Patel urged Ms Abbott to remember the victims of Russian attacks and said her views were 'far removed from the real world'
"And the Russian Spy ship, Yantar which passed through our waters was used for gathering intelligence and mapping the UK's critical underwater infrastructure."
Dame Patel added that Britons lived in an "uncertain and hostile world" and the Labour's MPs views were "far removed from the real world".
Ben Obese-Jecty, Tory MP for Huntingdon and a retired Army officer, accused of Ms Abbott was playing the "role of Putin's useful idiot", adding that she was "naive" and "out of touch".
Philip Ingram, a former colonel in British military intelligence said the Mother of the House was living in a "fictional world", adding he was "concerned about the number of people who believe the levels of disinformation she regurgitates".
Andy Burnham has reiterated the UK's support for Ukraine as he met with Volodymyr Zelensky
Ms Abbott was first suspended by Labour for a letter to the Observer newspaper claiming Jewish, Irish and Traveller people "undoubtedly experience prejudice" but "they are not all their lives subject to racism".
She was readmitted to the party before the general election but in July 2025 told the BBC she did not regret the incident and defended her 2023 remarks.
In 2018, the Salisbury poisonings in the UK made worldwide headlines, as two men, who went by Ruslan Boshirov and Alexander Petrov, allegedly attempted to poison Sergei Skripal and daughter Yulia.
The Prime Minister has been warned of possible military action after he tightened bonds during his visit to Kyiv by handing top-secret missile blueprints to the country.
John Healey, meanwhile, will fail to commit to spending 3 per cent of GDP on defence by 2030 in his first Budget in October, despite resigning from Sir Keir Starmer's cabinet over the issue.
