Adam Boulton writes that if the current prime minister is to live up to his promises of a more professional and honest politics, he must deal with the stench of the honours system - particularly rewards planned for the allies of his predecessors in Downing Street.
Sunak attempted to stay out of it by following the recommendations of HOLAC. Johnson argues that he should simply have overruled the committee, as he did to create Lord Cruddas.
Neither Tony Blair nor Gordon Brown gave out resignation honours, although they created many peerages for allies and people they wanted to kick upstairs in the regular lists of so-called"working peers". Moynihan, Littlewood and Porter are all associated with the right-wing Institute of Economic Ideas - a key pressure group for Brexit and Trussonomics.Libertarian chain-smoker Littlewood is IEA Director General and a friend of Truss since their university days.
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