Diane Abbott: We Can't Let Bond Markets Run Our Politics

I want there to be a proper, properly organised selection process.

And we'll see who emerges.And that will take weeks and weeks.And meanwhile, the bond markets will go into a hissy fit.

British politics and British Parliament can't be run at the behest of the bond markets.We have to do what's right.We have to do what's right.And we have to choose the right person to be leader of the Labour Party and Prime Minister.And we have to do it as quickly as possible, but we have to do it properly.We're all going to be pretty poor if we don't pay heed to the markets, though, aren't we?

No, come on.I mean, if the British government is going to be completely dominated by the bond market, MPs might as well go home.It's whether the Labour Party wants to cut the welfare bill, as you're saying, and spend the money on armaments and nuclear weapons.Isn't that something for discussion?