Diane Abbott urges resigned Corbyn adviser to reconsider

Shadow home secretary calls Andrew Fisher ‘an asset’ and close friend of Labour leader. Diane Abbott has urged a key adviser to Jeremy Corbyn who resigned citing a lack of “professionalism, competence and human decency” in the Labour leader’s team to reconsider his decision. In a leaked resignation memo to colleagues, Andrew Fisher, who masterminded the party’s 2017 manifesto, said he no longer had faith that Labour would be successful and accused the leadersh