Former Conservative Minister Michael Gove was handed a peerage in former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s resignation honors Friday, allowing him to sit for life in the House of Lords.
Other people handed a peerage include:
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Former Conservative Chief Whip Simon Hart
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Former Scotland Secretary Alister Jack
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Former Transport Secretary Mark Harper
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Ex-Attorney General Victoria Prentis
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Former Tory Chief Executive Stephen Massey.
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Ex-Chancellor Jeremy Hunt
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Former Defense Secretary Grant Shapps
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Former Home Secretary James Cleverly
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Former Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell
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Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride
6 Comments
Mrkawfee@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 1y
My heart lifted when I misread it as gets lifetime sentence. Oh well. Right wing grifting pays.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y
I hope he ruins his life as much as he ruined everyone else’s
Docus@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
They really need to stop this shit of handing out peerages
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y
I wonder if Michael Green or Corinne Stockheath will turn up to collect Shapps' award?
Tweak@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y
No mention of how he was always a massive Russophile, and how Dominic Cummings started out on the UK politics scene as his advisor after living in Russia.
This cunt was a key part in getting the UK out of Europe at the behest of Russia.
fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y
"Hi, is that Guy Fawkes? I've got a little job for you"