The Times (6th March) has reported that the long delayed Resignation Honours list of Boris Johnson contains over 100 names. Dave Cameron managed a list of 62 people and Theresa May 60
In the case of Johnson it appears that the proposed honours include a Knighthood for his father Stanley and 20 Peerages including four for sitting MPs such as Nadine Dorries who leads the Boris fan club.
The Times (Editorial 6th March) does not approve suggesting that the list falls someway short of the standards expected in public life.
It really should be called what it is: Old Corruption. A list of Johnson’s cronies and those who have done him favours. The honours are sinecures not based on any real merit, just as they were in the pre-democratic days before the 1832 Reform Act started Britain on the road to something like a Parliamentary Democracy
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