The only thing that surprises me about why Abbott's where she is that anyone would be surprised by it. It's been typical Labour tokenism in the past and now JC is in charge it's hardly a surprise that a close ally and former lover would be given such a post in spite of her abject performance. The fact is that if Labour was running the show right now we'd have Corbyn at the helm with McDonnell and Abbott in the key roles.
Throughout her career Abbott's been all to happy to offend, play the race card and the sex card yet when she's on the receiving end she's the first to complain and then start whining about how it's all affected her health. I certainly don't wish her ill but have no sympathy whatsoever.