Fury as ex-Brexit Party MEP who ‘defended’ the IRA is awarded a peerage in latest criticism of honours system Boris Johnson is facing a growing row over the elevation of 36 peers to the Lords There was also fury at the decision to send Claire Fox as a non-affiliated peer She has been accused of … Read more
Lord Beefy! Boris Johnson will give former England cricket captain Sir Ian Botham a peerage this month as he rewards Brexiteers and Remainers including Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond Boris Johnson plans to reward Brexiteers on anniversary of moving into No. 10 Conservative remainers former Chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond alongside former culture minister … Read more
Lord Beefy! Boris Johnson will give former England cricket captain Sir Ian Botham a peerage this month as he rewards Brexiteers and Remainers including Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond Boris Johnson plans to reward Brexiteers on anniversary of moving into No. 10 Conservative remainers former Chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond alongside former culture minister … Read more
A businessman awarded a peerage by Harold Wilson had a decade-long relationship with Communist-era spies who considered him so useful that they referred to him as ‘intelligence agency staff’. According to more than 1,000 documents unearthed at archives in Prague, Rudy Sternberg was meeting agents from Czechoslovakia’s Statni Bezpecnost (StB) secret police in the 1960s … Read more
A businessman awarded a peerage by Harold Wilson had a decade-long relationship with Communist-era spies who considered him so useful that they referred to him as ‘intelligence agency staff’. According to more than 1,000 documents unearthed at archives in Prague, Rudy Sternberg was meeting agents from Czechoslovakia’s Statni Bezpecnost (StB) secret police in the 1960s … Read more
Former House of Commons speaker John Bercow admitted he has ‘made a lot of enemies’ as he revealed he was ‘sorry’ that he has not been granted a peerage. Previous outgoing Speakers have been given a seat in the House of Lords after leaving office but the Government did not put his name forward. The … Read more
Former House of Commons speaker John Bercow admitted he has ‘made a lot of enemies’, amid bullying claims. Mr Bercow’s chances of being elevated to the Lords, as is tradition for Commons speakers, were hit earlier this year when Lord Lisvane, clerk of the House of Commons from 2011 to 2014, filed an official bullying … Read more
Tom Watson’s peerage ‘is rejected by independent watchdog over his support for false VIP paedophile ring claim by fantasist Carl Beech’ Former deputy Labour leader Tom Watson’s peerage was blocked, it was claimed This is reportedly due to his support for false allegations made by Carl Beech He demanded police investigate Beech’s claims about a VIP … Read more