Suggest that all you "lefties" who reckon that there is nothing untoward about Shami Chakrabarti's peerage, or the timing of it should take a look at the process particularly the timing of it.

Keith A sais the following:

"If she was offered a peerage before the report came out, then it is perfectly reasonable to assume it was intended to influence it."

The process takes quite some time and those so honoured are never taken by surprise when it is announced publicly because they have been forewarned and told of the honour and sworn to secrecy. This is done to avoid the embarrassment that could arise if anyone actually refused the honour. The Chakrabarti Report was dated 30th June, 2016 - A mere five weeks ago, the process would have been started a bit further back than that.