Michael Gove gets seat in UK’s House of Lords as Rishi Sunak hands out honors
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Tory grandee-turned-magazine-editor will sit in Britain’s unelected chamber after serving as a prominent government minister.

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:

  • Former Conservative Chief Whip Simon Hart

  • Former Scotland Secretary Alister Jack

  • Former Transport Secretary Mark Harper

  • Ex-Attorney General Victoria Prentis

  • Former Tory Chief Executive Stephen Massey.

  • Ex-Chancellor Jeremy Hunt

  • Former Defense Secretary Grant Shapps

  • Former Home Secretary James Cleverly

  • Former Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell

  • Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride

  • Mrkawfee@feddit.ukEnglish
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    3 days ago

    My heart lifted when I misread it as gets lifetime sentence. Oh well. Right wing grifting pays.

  • TWeaK@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    2 days ago

    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.

  • Darren@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I wonder if Michael Green or Corinne Stockheath will turn up to collect Shapps’ award?