Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Diane Abbot to Labour’s National Executive Committee but two senior members of the Shadow Cabinet told PoliticsHome they were not told of the decision.
//The behind-closed-doors move infuriated backbenchers. One Labour source told the Politcs Home website: “This exposes the sham of Labour party democracy.
“If Jeremy cannot consult the Shadow Cabinet about using their constitutional powers, what chance have the membership got in being listened to on Brexit?”
According to Labour’s rule book the NEC must include “three frontbench Members of Parliament, at least one of whom must be a woman, nominated by the Cabinet (or Shadow Cabinet in opposition)”//
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8266880/corbyn-slammed-diane-abbot-executive-role/