Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi speaks to Shabbir Lakha about her election to Labour’s NEC, the attacks she’s facing from the right and what she thinks are the priorities for the Labour left
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Shabbir Lakha
Shabbir Lakha is a Stop the War officer, a People's Assembly activist and a member of Counterfire.
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