"We Are All In This Together".

[gulliver1]

Johnson intends to create a large number of peers before he goes He has already appointed 86 peers bringing the number of members up to 800 in total,and he wants more. Amongst the peerages he is dishing out like confetti is to his former boss at the Daily Telegraph Evgeny Lebedev Russian born Businessman and son of a former KGB officer. He also wants to give a peerage to his brother Jo johnson . No doubt Stanley Johnson and Rachel Johnson will be waiting in the wings.

[goodgoalie]

Lebedev has never had anything to do with The Daily Telegraph, he owns The Evening Standard

[Bobbisox1]

Really? where have you read this Gully?

[anneasquith]

Surely the present Mrs J will get something ?

[ToraToraTora]

link?

[douglas9401]

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/23/boris-johnsons-plan-to-create-large-number-of-new-peers-comes-under-fire

[Old_Geezer]

If he's got them to agree to vote for the present upper chamber to be replaced by a wholly elected one, that'd be great news.

[davebro]

I don't care who is doing it this creation of peers is WRONG WRONG WRONG. Ditch the whole 800+

[sandyRoe]

Is there no way to veto his proposals?

[gulliver1]

Boris's Crony Club at it's best.

[anneasquith]

800 peers, surely a joke . What do they do ?

[pimplyteen]

Now that's what you call oven ready, but it smells a bit before it goes in.

[pimplyteen]

13.07 Its a rest home.

[davebro]

They turn up at the HoL , have a subsidised slap up lunch, doze on the benches for an hour then claim their £300 expenses. Bar Stewards!

[Hazlinny]

13.07 They get paid £323 a day attendance to "sleep"!

[davebro]

Sometimes they turn down Gov bills only to have them passed anyway.

[Old_Geezer]

Even if they just stop Lord's blockage of bills the nation wants but they don't, it'd be a step forward.

[Patsy33]

Don't let it be said that Boris isn't kind..

[gulliver1]

B/S @ 12.58 "The Gateshead Chronicle"

[gulliver1]

This is Boris's method of levelling up.

[Old_Geezer]

I understand that the delay would still be about a year if the Lords are being awkward, Dave. Better to try to get approval from the upper chamber.