Krishnan Guru-Murthy: ‘After days of hypothesis over her political future – the veteran MP Diane Abbott is ‘free to go ahead’ as a Labour candidate within the normal election, in keeping with Sir Keir Starmer.
Ms Abbott was given again the Labour whip earlier this week, after the top of an inner inquiry into controversial remarks she had made about racism. In one thing of an about flip – Sir Keir described her as a ‘trailblazer’ who had cast a path for others to come back into public life.’