Original sentence: "For me, racism is not an academic point.A backbencher, King is loyal to Tony Blair and supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq.Before becoming an MP, King was on the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, and worked as a political assistant to Glyn Ford MEP, the Labour Party Leader in the European Parliament, and later Glenys Kinnock MEP.By winning the seat in 1997, she became only the second black woman to be elected as Member of Parliament, the first being Diane Abbott.In her maiden speech, of July 5 1997, she highlighted the influence that her and her parents' ethnic background had:.Oona King (born October 22, 1967) is a British politician, and Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green & Bow since the 1997 election.She received a joint degree in Politics from the University of York and the University of California, Berkeley.She was selected to represent the seat of Bethnal Green & Bow in 1995.That, and the fact her seat has a large Muslim population, has led to the anti-war RESPECT Coalition's George Galloway to stand against her at the 2005 election
Edited sentence: From her maiden speech, July 5 1997: "For me, racism is not an academic point.In 1995, she was selected to stand for the Bethnal Green & Bow seat in Parliament, and since her election in 1997, she has succeeded in changing the law to benefit low-paid local authority workers, predominantly women and ethnic minorities.Ms King's political background includes working on the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, as well as becoming political assistant to Glyn Ford MEP, the Labour Party Leader in the European Parliament.Oona King (born October 22, 1967) is a British politician, and Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green & Bow since 1997.Oona King is only the second black woman to be elected as Member of Parliament, the first being Diane Abbott.Oona King was elected Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow in 1997, aged 29.She is the second black woman to sit in the British Parliament, and the only young black member of a European parliament.She received a joint Politics degree from York University and University of California, Berkley