buckingham palace they say is concerned boris johnson may flood the house of lords with tory peers with the resignation honours. a reminder, sam, of the fact there is time to run and there are more things borisjohnson will be doing before he actually leaves. resignation honours are always controversial, i can t remember a prime minister who did that and didn t get hold up in the press. essentially it is their last chance to reward people who have been loyal to reward people who have been loyal to them, helped them during their time in numberio. to them, helped them during their time in number 10. but that leads to claims of cronyism and always an unedifying period. i don t think he will be alone in attracting headlines on that. the house of lords is already overstocked with peers, they are trying to get rid of them not create new ones. but it