Labour defends Diane Abbott over stumbling interview

Party says shadow home secretary’s confusion over funding pledge was uncharacteristic slip-up from effective media performerDiane Abbott will continue to be a key figurehead in Labour’s general election campaign, the party has indicated, despite a stumbling radio performance in which she struggled to explain how a pledge to hire 10,000 extra police officers would be funded.The shadow home secretary tripped up when asked by LBC host Nick Ferrari how much the key law and order pledge w