Why is Jonathan Powell, the National Security Adviser, a politically-appointed special adviser and not a civil servant? The ...
He’s much too much of a showman not to have fun in the part he’s playing ... and so is a bottle of House of Lords Scotch. Murrow takes his Scotch with water and without ice, and he needs ...
Don't worry, no matter where you pass out, you will always be returned home ... and you can build as many of them as you'd like. Using a Barn to house a whole bunch of Kegs sounds funny, but helps ...
Stuffing the House of Lords with a raft of new nominations is a funny way for Labour to fulfil a pre-election pledge to abolish it (“Labour to get Lords boost as new peers set to be announced ...
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University of Bristol Honorary Industrial Professor Marvin Rees has been selected to become a peer in the House of Lords in the New Year’s Honours List. The former Mayor of Bristol was appointed by ...
A raft of new peers are set to be announced, with numbers expected to be boosted on Labour’s benches in the House of Lords. Partygate investigator and Sir Keir’s ex-chief of staff Sue Gray is ...
The Prime Minister will nominate dozens of people for peerages in a bid to swell Labour's numbers in the House of Lords. Labour has promised to slim down the House of Lords, with a bill to abolish ...
The opinions in Politics.co.uk's Comment section are those of the author. Kemi Badenoch has appointed a set of political allies to the House of Lords, including former deputy prime minister Thérèse ...
Sir Keir Starmer has nominated 30 former Labour MPs, staff and union leaders to the House of Lords. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has nominated six people, while Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey ...
A former Marks & Spencer boss has been suspended from the House of Lords for six months after going on a series of rude tirades against parliamentary staff. The lengthy suspension was handed down ...
THERE are, somewhat remarkably, 92 hereditary peers in the House of Lords. Since 1999 ... political graveyard might also seem like harmless fun. Labour gongs were also found for ­conspicuous ...