Two years and more than a few legal challenges since Keir Starmer first commissioned an inquiry, the Forde report has finally landed. To understand where its publication leaves us, it is useful to first remember what prompted it in the first place.
Martin Forde QC was tasked by the Labour leader with looking into an internal report leaked online and to journalists in April 2020. The leaked report started life as a submission to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) inquiry into antisemitism. It was not sent to the EHRC, on the advice of lawyers, but found its way out anyway. The Forde report analyses the allegations made within.
