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Joe Pike Henry Zeffman
Political investigations correspondent Chief political correspondent
"Although the whip has been restored, I am banned from standing as a Labour candidate." That's what Diane Abbott has told me. It’s certainly true that there has been unease from lots of
This intervention comes just hours after Labour’s chief whip contacted Abbott to restore the whip after more than a year’s suspension. MPs for some time about how long Diane Abbott’s suspension has lasted - and that
One parliamentary ally of the Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP tells me that after decades of public service, Abbott should've been allowed to "retire with dignity". The confused choreography of recent days does not seem to have achieved that. unease has spread across the Labour Party, far beyond Abbott’s usual allies on
It's unclear whether the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party have made a final decision about Abbott’s position. the left.
The other unknown is whether she might follow the lead of her friend Jeremy Corbyn and stand as an independent candidate in her borough. There are some who think that her apology should have been sufficient
for her to be readmitted as it has been in some other disciplinary cases.
Others think that it was right that Abbott’s time as an MP was drawing to a
close but that the process has been needlessly fractious and undignified,
especially given her status as a trailblazer.
However, it’s worth remembering that Labour MPs are now
scattered around the country campaigning in their local areas.
Backlashes
usually build in Parliament when MPs get together to vent - that is physically
harder now.
In addition, lots of Labour MPs will be wary about attacking Labour leader Keir Starmer or his team during an election campaign, for fear that it will
damage his standing with the public.
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