Diane Abbott becomes first black MP to represent her party at PMQs

Diane Abbott became the first minority ethnic parliamentarian to represent their party at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, standing in for in for Jeremy Corbyn. 
The shadow home secretary asked Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, to apologise on behalf of the Prime Minister for describing as 'humbug' a plea from a Labour MP who raised fears that his aggressive language could put politicians’ lives in danger.  

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