welcome back to verified live. jacob rees mogg and priti patel will receive a knighthood and a damewood respectively. tory tees valley mayor and sean bailey have been given peerages. those are just some of the names on the list. let s go back to the newsroom. with more on this let s join nicky schiller in the newsroom. i wanted to look at the peerages, and there are seven names on the list. you mentioned the first one, sean bailey, and he is the conservative mayor or candidate in 2021. he lost out to sadiq khan, but still a member of a london assembly. mr benjamin gascoyne is the former political secretary and deputy chief of staff. he is on the list, as well as the tees valley mayor. he will appear in the house of lords, as well as roster on cancel. he is the political director of the conservative party and research department. charlotte open is also in the peerages list. she is a former special adviser to the prime minister. all ministers or prime ministers have special adv
let s talk to chris bryant, chair of the commons select committee. monitors mps behaviour. in terms of headline thoughts, basic reaction? well, for a start, i don t think there should be such a thing as a resignation owners list. it was only at admitted in 1895, and it s a very discredited system. why on earth, especially if you ve been ousted from downing street for misdemeanors, why on earth should you be allowed to dole outjobs for life in the house of lords? i think there are several dozen people getting honours here. it s protection particularly. boris johnson is still under investigation for lying to parliament. i can t
that he has rewarded his allies with both peerages ellijay elevations with the house of lords and honours which might leave a bitter taste. some people had been criticised for that evolvement and partygate. for example, martin reynolds, who sent an e mail asking downing street staff to a party. he is one on the lists too, so various people who had resigned. a former communication director, jack doyle. people who had resigned from government now being rewarded with honours. i think this will certainly stick out for some people. labourare will certainly stick out for some people. labour are trying to make quite a lot of this. this is a bit of a gift for them. instead of tackling the crisis, the tories are spending time toiling out rewards.
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