Chakrabarti ducks Corbyn peerage question

BOTH SHAMI Chakrabarti and the office of the Leader of the Opposition have refused to deny that Jeremy Corbyn offered her a peerage in return for leading Labour’s inquiry into antisemitism.

Interviewed by a Jewish YouTube channel, JTV, Ms Chakrabarti was asked whether she had been offered a seat in the House of Lords.

She responded by saying: “I don’t think I want to talk about my future ambitions at this point.”

Pushed by Alan Mendoza, the executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, she added: “You can ask the question, and I’m going to evade it at this point.”