Senior Labour sources tell JC: No chance Jeremy Corbyn can rejoin after his ally Diane Abbott was readmitted
Any attempt by former party leader ‘wouldn’t get past National Executive Committee’
Assessment
Labour insiders are signaling that the party's internal discipline mechanism will firmly block Jeremy Corbyn's return, following Diane Abbott's readmission. The National Executive Committee appears to serve as the gatekeeper, suggesting Corbyn's path back is politically closed regardless of any personal hopes. The stark distinction between Abbott's and Corbyn's cases reveals the party's strategic line on who is redeemable and who remains beyond the pale.