A bit on the late side? The ermine-clad hordes grow ever more numerous:
Theresa May is expected to approve the creation of about 10 Tory peers and hand at least one to Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist party in an attempt to improve her weak position in the House of Lords, which has already voted 15 times against her government over Brexit.
The elevations, which are expected to be announced in the coming days in Westminster, were immediately criticised by high profile remain Labour peer Lord Adonis as a desperate attempt by the prime minister to enlist people to boost her fragile position in the unelected upper house.
Tories tipped for elevation include former ministers Sir Eric Pickles and Peter Lilley. Adonis said: “This is a classic example of packing the Lords to try and make Brexit easier to endorse.”There are at present 780 peers in the Lords, far too many of whom are placemen collecting their £300 a day just for turning up. But if the Prime Minister wanted to bolster the Tories' presence there, it might have been more sensible to do it before the EU Withdrawal Bill reached the Lords.
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