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Re: Liz Truss [Prime Minister]
Conor Burns, minister sacked for misconduct claims, is on track for knighthood from Boris
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/f...ad25d83d95ca92
Quote:
Conor Burns, the former trade minister sacked over misconduct claims, is set to receive a knighthood in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list.
Burns, who is a close friend of Johnson and defended him over the partygate scandal, is among a handful of loyalist MPs expected to be honoured by the former prime minister. Liz Truss is thought to be unable to block the nomination...
… Johnson is understood to have nominated up to eight Conservative MPs for peerages in his resignation honours list, prompting frantic efforts by Truss to avoid a series of damaging by-election defeats.
The former prime minister is understood to have rewarded key allies in Westminster with seats in the House of Lords in one of his final acts in No 10.
The move could trigger a row with the Lords authorities because Truss has asked the nominees to defer their appointments until after the next election. The list is understood to include Nadine Dorries, the former culture secretary, and Nigel Adams, former Cabinet Office minister — both Johnson loyalists.
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