Diane Abbott used a bizarre reference to her Afro on live TV when quizzed about her political views on the IRA during the 1970s.

"It was 34 years ago, I had a rather splendid Afro at the time. I don't have the same hairstyle, I don't have the same views," she told the BBC's Andrew Marr.

Cue the social media backlash that followed.

Here we take a look at what the Shadow Home Secretary has done with her hair over that period. Readers can ponder what, if anything, the pictures show about her political views...