Baroness Shami Chakrabarti addressed a meeting of around 50 members of the Guildford Labour Party at the University of Law.
The Shadow Attorney General for England and Wales, who previously was Director of Liberty, trained as a barrister.
She entered high-level politics at a relatively late stage in her career and talked candidly about why she made this change and the difficulties she has had coming to grips with it.
In a wide ranging talk at the meeting on June 21, she made it clear that she could not separate being a feminist from being a socialist and emphasised her belief that one person can make a difference.
She then spent over half an hour answering questions and discussing the current political scene.
At the end of the meeting the chairman of the Guildford Labour Party, Richard Mithen, presented her with a photograph of Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha, the first Asian to be made a hereditary peer.
This website is published by The Guildford Dragon NEWS
Contact: Martin Giles mgilesdragon@gmail.com
Log in- Posts - Add New - Powered by WordPress - Designed by Gabfire Themes
Richard Mithen
June 25, 2018 at 10:50 am
We were privileged to host Shami who spoke eloquently on a number of topics including the need to overcome ideologically driven austerity.
She gave an example of her local small supermarket now locking the meet freezer with a padlock to prevent local families from stealing the content, and the appalling situation of nurses having to use food banks.
Shame on the government for creating a society that does not care for the many, and prefers to cosy up to the few wealthiest individuals.
There will always be a place in Guildford for those who do care, and who want to make the future better for everyone.