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The Guardian
April 17, 2018
A UK cabinet minister has dismissed the idea that parliament should have a vote on whether to take any military action and suggested that giving MPs such authority was a mistake. Penny Mordaunt, the international development secretary, told the BBC: “Outsourcing that decision to people who do not haveÃâà...
Radio Times
April 17, 2018
The government did not meet its own tests for launching an airstrike in Syria over the weekend, says Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti #r4today pic.twitter.com/154qZ9gewe. — BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) April 16, 2018. Good Morning Britain airs weekdays from 6am on ITVÃâà...
BBC News
April 17, 2018
But Shami Chakrabarti, the shadow attorney general, told the BBC that in the past, some resolutions on Syria had won support of all members of the Security Council, including Russia, and that had led to the destruction of chemical weapons. So, how often does Russia veto resolutions on Syria? A memberÃâà...
The National
April 17, 2018
One of Mr Corbyn's key legal advisers, Shami Chakrabarti said Mrs May doctrine was not globally accepted. “I don't think that the government can demonstrate convincing evidence and a general acceptance by the international community that they had to act in the way they did a few days ago,” she said.
BBC News
April 17, 2018
Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti says the government did not meet its own tests for launching an airstrike in Syria over the weekend. She told the Today programme: "I don't think the government can demonstrate convincing evidence and a general acceptance by the international communityÃâà...
Express.co.uk
April 17, 2018
The UK joined the US and France to hit Syria with airstrikes after the alleged chemical weapons attack by President Bashar al-Assad. A BBC host ripped into the shadow attorney general over the way the Labour Party would handle Syria and whether they would be prepared to take military action if RussiaÃâà...
HuffPost UK
April 17, 2018
Shami Chakrabarti has said it was wrong for Theresa May to launch military strikes against the Syrian regime simply to punish its “bad behaviour”. Labour's shadow attorney general said on Monday morning the government had “not passed the tests” it set for itself to justify the attack in the early hours ofÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 28, 2018
Shortly after publishing her 2016 inquiry into anti-Semitism within the Labour Party, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti was invited to Manchester to discuss the findings of her report in front of a 500-strong Jewish audience. Understandably nervous, the former director of advocacy group Liberty slowly warmed upÃâà...
New Statesman
March 26, 2018
The chair of an “independent” inquiry almost immediately appointed to the Shadow Cabinet thereafter, with no real concern about how it would look or whether it would provide adequate reassurance to Labour members who gave testimony to Shami Chakrabarti's inquiry. New media organisations thatÃâà...
LabourList
March 23, 2018
Shami Chakrabarti, Labour peer and shadow attorney general, launched a strong defence of the party's all-women shortlists on BBC's Question Time last night. Chakrabarti said: “The status quo on this planet is not meritocracy. Women have been bottom of the pile on this planet for thousands of years.
BBC News
March 20, 2018
Meanwhile, the shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti reiterated Labour's position that the incident was either a "loss of control" by the Russian state or a "malevolent directed attack". John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, said Labour had given a "constructive critique" in response to the incidentÃâà...
BBC News
March 19, 2018
A more measured line came from Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti, who said: "Russia is looking responsible." A few days ago Sir Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, said the attack should be condemned, "no ifs, no buts". All of the above is consistent with the leader's position, the partyÃâà...
HuffPost UK
March 7, 2018
My head is still spinning from the events of the past few weeks. In many ways, until recently, I was living a normal life for a 27-year-old woman in Britain. I was volunteering at my church, Swan Bank Church in Stoke-on-Trent, attending festivals, having coffee with friends and going to yoga classes. And then IÃâà...
Prospect
March 7, 2018
This week, Prospect's Editor Tom Clark sits down with Shami Chakrabarti, the lawyer and Labour peer whose new book, Of Women, takes a close look at the place of women in society and reveals in uncomfortable detail the gross unfairness that they still face. But then the Labour Party is not immune fromÃâà...
The Guardian
March 4, 2018
'This book should illuminate school reading lists' ... a scene from the 2017 adaptation of Hidden Figures. Photograph: Hopper Stone/Hopper Stone, SMPSP. When I was young, reading allowed me to learn from previous generations. Now, it enables me to listen to and benefit from the wisdom andÃâà...
The Sun
February 25, 2018
Ken Livingstone could come back into Labour despite his outrageous anti-Semitic rant, Shami Chakrabarti hints. Labour's Shadow Attorney General Shami Chakrabarti said she condemned his comments, but refused to rule out the former London being allowed back in. By Natasha Clark. 25th FebruaryÃâà...
The Guardian
February 23, 2018
The shadow home secretary was there with Shami Chakrabarti, the shadow attorney general, as campaigners said around 120 women were staging a hunger strike over conditions and demanding an end to their indefinite detention. Abbott said it took over a year before she was able to persuade the HomeÃâà...
iNews
December 31, 1999
'What advice would you give to your younger self?' Where should I start? If I could reach back across the space-time continuum to counsel against this or that twist in the path – I would not. But if I was given the opportunity to commune with my younger self I would implore her to have more confidence.
LabourList
December 31, 1999
Imagine a Martian falls to Earth tonight. Let's say Martians are sexless and completely unaccustomed to sexual or gender-based difference on their own planet. Our alien friend could arrive absolutely anywhere in our world, on any continent in a rich, poor, urban or rural environment. What differenceÃâà...
