For Boris it had been the most fun he’d had since becoming prime minister a year ago. “I thought we had promised to reduce the numbers in the Lords, not increase them,” Boris had said to Dominic Cummings. So just get stuck in and enjoy yourself.”Unusually for Boris, he started off somewhat cautiously, with peerages for Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond. “He’s really only famous for giving lavish parties to posh people – just remember the state I was in when I got back from Perugia – and he’s the son of a former KGB agent. Present company excluded of course.”Eventually Boris had decided on 35 names, along with a knighthood for Philip May.

Source: The Guardian August 03, 2020 16:18 UTC