What brass! Eco peer who runs oligarch’s giant metals firm pollutes House of Lords rules By Anna Mikhailova For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:15 BST, 4 October 2020 | Updated: 01:17 BST, 4 October 2020 Lord Barker of Battle took a break from running oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s giant metals firm last week to deliver … Read more
Entrepreneur Michelle Mone has marked five years since being sworn in as a life peer in the House of Lords. The businesswoman, 48, who sold her lingerie company Ultimo in 2014, posted a picture of herself from 2015 to her Instagram on Wednesday. In the photo, Baroness Mone of Mayfair wore a traditional red ermine robe and she posed … Read more
The House of Lords has spent more than £54,000 on a new smoking area and luxury furniture for the Parliamentary terrace, it can be revealed. The huge spending included around £19,000 on chairs for the exclusive drinking and eating spot overlooking the Thames, after the previous ones were deemed too ‘heavy and difficult to move’. … Read more
‘For f***’s sake!’: Health minister is caught swearing in the House of Lords after technical problems scuppered his second attempt to make Covid speech Lord Bethell said ‘oh for f***’s sake’ when delivering a speech in House of Lords He was speaking from home but his attempt was disrupted after a few minutes The House … Read more
Pablo Escobar’s son brands British painter claiming to be the drug lord’s secret love child ‘a crazy guy’ after he said he was rescued by MI6 agent and adopted Sebastian Marroquin said Phillip Witcomb is the ‘third’ to claim to be ‘first-born’ Mr Witcomb, who was adopted, claims to be Pablo Escobar’s first-born son Mr … Read more
The Roman Emperor Caligula reputedly planned to appoint his horse a Consul. As Prime Minister, Robert Salisbury made his nephew Arthur Balfour Chief Secretary of Ireland in 1887. Hence, some say, the phrase ‘Bob’s your uncle’. I wonder whether a phrase will enter the language as a result of Boris Johnson doling out a life … Read more
For days Boris Johnson has been warning that a ‘second wave’ is about to hit Britain. I don’t blame him for the second wave of coronavirus that led him to slow down the easing of Covid lockdown measures. But I do hold him responsible for the second wave of Boris cronies handed peerages yesterday, including … Read more
Boris Johnson has approved Labour rebels in the Government’s proposed list of 36 new peers in the House of Lords – but has not named Jeremy Corbyn’s reported nominations Tom Watson and John Bercow. The Government published its list of proposed peerages and political honours on Friday, confirming that Labour Brexiteers are set to be … Read more
Boris Johnson has nominated Labour rebels in the Government’s proposed list of 36 new peers in the House of Lords – but has not named Jeremy Corbyn’s reported nominations Tom Watson and John Bercow. The Government published its list of proposed peerages and political honours on Friday, confirming that Labour Brexiteers are set to be … Read more
Theresa May’s husband Philip will be given a knighthood and Boris Johnson’s brother Jo will get a peerage alongside anti-Brexit ex-Tory chancellors Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond as well as Ian Botham on Government’s list of 36 new peers Government publishes list of 36 new peers who will join the House of Lords List is … Read more