Guardian in a pickle over Seumas Milne’s return

With Seumas Milne on the way out as Jeremy Corbyn’s director of communications, he is widely expected to return to the Grauniad. The columnist and associate editor has been ‘on leave’ from the paper since he moved to the Leader’s Office last October.

However, Mr S hears there is a slight hiccup delaying his much anticipated return. While bosses at the top of the paper are keen for Milne to return as a columnist — complete with inside knowledge of the Corbyn regime that would make for essential reading —  some have reservations over Milne coming back as an ‘associate editor’. They feel that if Milne were to take on a role overseeing the the editorial line of the paper this could lead to ‘complications’.

Of course, with Milne credited as playing a pivotal role in Katharine Viner winning the top job,  Mr S has no doubts he will at least be given a hero’s welcome by the paper’s editor.