Diane Abbott sorry saga leaves Labour colleagues with a bitter taste

Diane Abbott surrounded by supporters outside Hackney town hall in March. There are questions about why the whip was not restored to her last year. Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi/The Guardian

The long and sorry saga of Diane Abbott leaving parliament, where she arrived as a trailblazer, has left a bitter taste in the mouths of many colleagues – even those who are far from her natural allies.

After almost 36 tortuous hours the UK’s first black female MP is in the Labour party but possibly out of parliament, and no one seemingly wants to own how these decisions came about.