Diane Abbott and others could go to the Lords as Starmer seeks to reward his allies with seats
Labour MPs including Diane Abbott have been offered peerages to stand down and make way for Sir Keir Starmer’s chosen candidates. A number of left-wing MPs claim that, in the wake of the general election announcement, they were told they would be elevated to the House of Lords if they gave up...Labour MPs including Diane Abbott have been offered peerages to stand down and make way for Sir Keir Starmer’s chosen candidates. A number of left-wing MPs claim that, in the wake of the general election announcement, they were told they would be elevated to the House of Lords if they gave up...Labour MPs including Diane Abbott have been offered peerages to stand down and make way for Sir Keir Starmer’s chosen candidates.
If Sir Keir Starmer enters Downing Street in a month’s time, he will be indebted to a man whom most outside of Westminster have never heard of. For much of the past decade, that is exactly how Morgan McSweeney wanted it. Born and raised in Macroom, a small town in Co Cork, he has subterfuge in his blood: his grandfather volunteered for the...If Sir Keir Starmer enters Downing Street in a month’s time, he will be indebted to a man whom most outside of Westminster have never heard of. For much of the past decade, that is exactly how Morgan McSweeney wanted it. Born and raised in Macroom, a small town in Co Cork, he has subterfuge in his blood: his grandfather volunteered for the...If Sir Keir Starmer enters Downing Street in a month’s time, he will be indebted to a man whom most outside of Westminster have...
OLIVER SHAH IN INDIA
Sitting cross-legged on the top floor of his Sanskrit school in Varanasi, Anil Shastri delights in scrolling through photographs on his phone of himself with Narendra Modi’s siblings and their late mother. He has known the Indian prime minister since he was a young man in the western state of Gujarat, where Modi...Sitting cross-legged on the top floor of his Sanskrit school in Varanasi, Anil Shastri delights...Sitting cross-legged on the top floor of his Sanskrit school in Varanasi, Anil Shastri delights...