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Shami Chakrabarti: I've had a horrible time over inquiry but I'd do it all again

September 11, 2016 21:06
Shami Chakrabarti with Simon Johnson at the meeting in Manchester. Photo: Lawrence Purcell

ByRosa Doherty, Rosa Doherty

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Shami Chakrabarti has said that, if she was asked again, she would still carry out her inquiry into antisemitism in Labour - despite the criticism the review received.

Interviewed by Simon Johnson, chief executive of the Jewish Leadership Council, at a community event in Manchester, Ms Chakrabarti said: “It has not been the most pleasant summer of my life but you can’t run away from issues.

“I knew antisemitism on the left and in the Labour Party was a problem.

“It is something I have grown up with all my life living in North-West London.