Boris gives his brother a Peerage!

[55palfers]

There is no shame is there

Edited by 55palfers on Friday 31st July 19:14

[Gargamel]

55palfers said:

There is no shame is there

Along with well known Tories - Frank Fields, Kate Hoey and Gisela Stewart.

‘Twas ever thus

[Whohe123]

And Philip May.

And Evgeny Lebedev ..

[Murph7355]

Whohe123 said:

And Philip May.....

To be fair he deserves way more than a peerage.

[Durzel]

You thought there was decorum in politics? Oh sweet summer child.

[DeejRC]

I must admit I am at a loss to see quite what Jo Johnson has done in public life to earn the reward. Apart from a bit of family reconciliation between the brothers.

[rfisher]

Quite possible to refuse a Peerage, should one have the decency to self reflect and conclude that it is not appropriate to accept it.

Or not.

[anonymous-user]

Jo Johnson in the HoL is OK with me. I’d rank him somewhere well into the top half if there was a league table of Peers

[PeteinSQ]

There are now 200 more peers than there are MPs. I'm sure many of the people appointed are worthy of their positions but it just seems a bit mad to have so many and the system really is no better than hereditary peerages. Surely they need to introduce some sort of democratic reforms?

I see Ruth Davidson has been appointed too despite having previously looked to get out of politics. Odd.

[MellowshipSlinky]

And Kenny Clarke

[Dagnir]

This is as significant as me complimenting my friend's shoes.

Move along...

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Gargamel said:

Kate Hoey

You're not fking serious, surely. Please tell me you're joking.

[Mojooo]

MellowshipSlinky said:

And Kenny Clarke

We'll never be rid of the moaning fker will we?

[SCEtoAUX]

In fairness to Joe Johnson, that snooker win in '86 really s quite something.

[Louis Balfour]

Mojooo said:

MellowshipSlinky said:

And Kenny Clarke

We'll never be rid of the moaning fker will we?

In my experience, a good MP.