The Scottish Labour leader, Anas Sarwar, has said he agrees with Angela Rayner that Diane Abbott should be allowed to stand for the party at the general election.
His comments came as splits were emerging among senior party figures, with Rayner, the deputy Labour leader, telling the Guardian Abbott had not been treated “fairly or appropriately” by some Labour colleagues and she “doesn’t see any reason” why Abbott could not run now the party whip had been restored.
