Without much fanfare or fuss, Shami Chakrabarti was elevated to the peerage this afternoon.
Word went out a few days ago that this most controversial of life peerages had been signed off, with the London Gazette noting:
THE QUEEN has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm dated 6 September 2016 to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom for life upon the following:
In the forenoon
Sharmishta Chakrabarti, C.B.E., by the name, style and title of BARONESS CHAKRABARTI, of Kennington in the London Borough of Lambeth.
Jeremy Corbyn’s close friend, now known as Lady Chakrabarti, was sponsored by two fellow Labour peers: Baroness Kennedy and Baroness Lawrence.
Cheer up, Lady C! Anyone would have thought Heat Street recently revealed that you tried to send your son to Eton, shattering another left wing illusion.