Peer trying to derail UK smoking ban discussed bill with relative at tobacco firm

Lord Strathcarron says he and an in-law ‘high up’ at British American Tobacco discussed bill, which he aims to weaken

The Guardian
Michael Gove to be awarded peerage in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours

Veteran Tory, who retired as an MP last year, is on list of honours due to be published this week

The Guardian

There's a Plaid Cymru member now in the House of Lords...

#NotCool #HouseOfLords #AbolishTheHouseOfLords #NosesintheTrough #PlaidCymru

Michelle Mone and the £29m

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@greenaspen
I am so angry. I too thought this country was a democracy. This is the second time in as many weeks an unelected person has been given a lifetime place in the Lord's to have them in the Cabinet.Both appointments a complete joke.
Things must change.
#royaltyout #abolishthehouseoflords
If you want a #GeneralElectionNow resulting in a #Labour govt, want #ElectoralReform, including #AbolishTheHouseofLords,
support workers right to strike, want to protect the
#NHS, and want a path to #RejoinEU
Give me a #FollowBackFriday
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