Men should be banned from being outdoors after 6pm to ‘make women a lot safer’ after the abduction and suspected murder of Sarah Everard in London, a Green Party peer has suggested. Baroness Jones made the comment in a discussion in the House of Lords during a debate on domestic violence. The issue of women’s … Read more
Cut off! Baroness Scotland faces fresh controversy after mourner who criticised peer during eulogy at her mother’s online funeral is ‘kicked off call’ Baroness Scotland sees fresh controversy when peer was criticised in eulogy Taila-Jordan McKenzie claimed mother had been shabbily treated by employers Said Karen McKenzie left job three months before her death ‘but not by … Read more
Baroness Scotland faces fresh controversy after mourning daughter who criticised during online eulogy is ‘kicked off call’ Baroness Scotland sees fresh controversy when peer was criticised in eulogy Taila-Jordan McKenzie claimed mother had been shabbily treated by employers Said Karen McKenzie left job three months before her death ‘but not by choice’ By Ian Gallagher Chief Reporter … Read more
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Labour peer Baroness Helena Kennedy ‘asked Julian Assange’s alleged victims to drop rape charges’ Made suggestion in email sent at height of Assange’s battle against extradition Assange visited Stockholm in 2010 and stayed at the homes of WikiLeaks supporters, including Anna Ardin A photograph obtained by the documentary, to be shown in Sweden tomorrow, shows … Read more
Labour peer Baroness Helena Kennedy ‘asked Julian Assange’s alleged victims to drop rape charges’ Made suggestion in email sent at height of Assange’s battle against extradition Assange visited Stockholm in 2010 and stayed at the homes of WikiLeaks supporters, including Anna Ardin A photograph obtained by the documentary, to be shown in Sweden tomorrow, shows … Read more
Keir Starmer blocks bid to make leading Sikh independence supporter a peer in ‘extremism row’ Senior public official Dabinderjit Singh Sidhu is denied peerage by Labour leader Mr Singh is a long-standing campaigner for a sovereign Sikh state in the Punjab On the day of the announcement he was told Sir Keir withdrew his nomination By … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing a cronyism row after he appointed a controversial ex-Tory treasurer as a life peer, overruling objections from an independent committee. Banker Peter Cruddas, who is worth a reported £860million, is a long time Conservative donor who has given the party more than £3.5million. The so-called ‘City of London’s richest man’ has now been … Read more
Boris Johnson is facing a cronyism row after he appointed a controversial ex-Tory treasurer as a life peer, overruling objections from an independent committee. Banker Peter Cruddas, who is worth a reported £860million, is a long time Conservative donor who has given the party more than £3.5million. The so-called ‘City of London’s richest man’ has now been … Read more
Northern Irish peer Lord Maginnis, who once compared homosexuality to bestiality, faces 18-month BAN from the House of Lords for bullying gay MPs and abusing a parliamentary security guard Official probe recommended he be booted out for at least a year-and-a-half He used ‘homophobic language’ about gay MPs Hannah Bardell and Luke Pollard Lord Maginnis … Read more