| Topic: Sunak`s resignation honours list |
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| 1. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 14:31 Former Cabinet minister and Leave campaign leader Michael Gove has been awarded a peerage in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list. Gove is now editor Spectator magazine. Sunak has appointed several other key allies to the House of Lords including former cabinet ministers Mark Harper, Victoria Prentis, Alister Jack, and Simon Hart. There are also peerages for Stephen Massey and Eleanor Shawcross. The latter was a former head of the policy unit in Downing Street, and Massey was chief executive of the Conservative party. The House of Lords is the largest legislature in the world with over 800 unelected members, with the exception of the National People’s Congress of China, which numbers nearly 3,000 people. Former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and former foreign secretary James Cleverly have been awarded knighthoods. Cleverly was frontrunner among MPs to take over the leadership of the party from Sunak until the final round of voting. Andrew Mitchell said he was “humbled and grateful for this wonderful personal news” as he also received a knighthood. Theresa Villiers has received a damehood, while Mel Stride and Grant Shapps also received knighthoods. Reply |
| 2. Author: Parboiled Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 15:02 You forked out £75 for a personal meet and greet with Sturgeon yet? Better be quick! Reply |
| 3. Author: Parboiled Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 15:13 …I am particularly pleased for Alistair Jack who thoroughly deserved recognition for sinking the mad Canadian bat’s bottle return scheme and torpedoing Sturgeon’s gender self ID piffle Reply |
| 4. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 15:30 He probably got it for zapping all his WhatsApp messages during the covid crisis. For some reason he didn`t get much criticism in the media for that compared with members of the Scottish government. Reply |
| 5. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 15:57 Hunt and Cleverly knighted 😂😂😂😂😂 what a farce Post Edited (Fri 11 Apr 15:57) Reply |
| 6. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 16:57 And Grant Shapps! Must have been for good attendance! 😂😂😂 Reply |
| 7. Author: LochgellyAlbert Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 17:12 Which Grant Shapps is it, he also has a few other aliases?🤔🤬 Reply |
| 8. Author: red-star-par Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 18:19 Parboiled, Fri 11 Apr 15:13 That`s a trolling masterclass right there Reply |
| 9. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 19:34 I keep forgetting that he isn`t really the sexist, xenophobic, homophobic arch-unionist he portrays himself to be on here. Reply |
| 10. Author: Tenruh Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 20:35 Surprised Blackfords not in the HoLs yet. Post Edited (Fri 11 Apr 20:59) Reply |
| 11. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 21:00 Who would nominate him? Reply |
| 12. Author: Tenruh Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 21:06 wee eck, Fri 11 Apr 21:00 Swinney and Forbes, Reply |
| 13. Author: wee eck Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 21:33 The SNP don`t recognise the House of Lords do they? Reply |
| 14. Author: Andrew283 Date: Fri 11th Apr 2025. 23:51 Don`t think they do Reply |
| 15. Author: Tenruh Date: Sat 12th Apr 2025. 06:42 Only a matter of time. [url]https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/commons-confidential/2024/02/scottish-nationalism-house-of-lords[/url] Reply |
| 16. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 12th Apr 2025. 09:37 Tenruh, Sat 12 Apr 06:42 Article from over a year ago 😂😂 trying too hard now that you are tripping yourself up Reply |