Lady Chakrabarti oversaw the Labour Party’s inquiry into antisemitism but her findings were labelled a whitewash Jonathan Brady/Press Association WireThe newly appointed Labour peer Baroness Chakrabarti could be in line to become the shadow attorney-general. The former director of Liberty, the human rights campaign group, will be appointed as part of a Labour reshuffle next week, according to the New Statesman. “The gig is a no brainer,” a source told the magazine, but a Labour Party spokesman refused to confirm or deny the report. Lady Chakrabarti oversaw the party’s inquiry into antisemitism but her findings were labelled a whitewash. At Labour’s party conference yesterday Jackie Walker,…

Source: The Times September 28, 2016 23:26 UTC