Calls for former Welsh Secretary to be stripped of peerage over book

Calls for former Welsh Secretary to be stripped of peerage over book

Simon Hart has published a book detailing diary extracts which reveal his experiences working with a variety of MPs in Westminster

Fury as ex-MP Simon Hart handed peerage

Tell-all book and Nazi graffiti scandal reignite calls for answers FORMER South Pembrokeshire MP Simon Hart is facing mounting criticism over his appointment to the House of Lords—amid fresh outrage over his decision to publish a revealing political memoir and lingering questions about the “swastika saga” involving defaced campaign material once in his own possession. Hart, who was MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 2010 until h…

Rishi Sunak’s resignation peerages will do nothing to help collapsing trust in politics

Ten months after the last government ended, it is still able to stuff yet more peers into the grossly oversized House of Lords. On Friday, Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours list was published, ennobling seven Conservative figures including former minister Michael Gove. Seeing even more unelected politicians created is never a great moment for our democracy, but this list is a particular cause for concern as it comes at a time when trust in our p…