Tory peer Lord Forsyth condemns Netflix for refusing to warn viewers The Crown is fiction Lord Forsyth today waded into the row between Netflix and Oliver Dowden The former cabinet minister said Netflix should be brought to heel by Ofcom Viewers have criticised The Crown’s fourth season for depiction of monarchy By Jack Elsom For … Read more
Northern Irish peer Lord Maginnis, who once compared homosexuality to bestiality, faces 18-month BAN from the House of Lords for bullying gay MPs and abusing a parliamentary security guard By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 11:06 GMT, 3 December 2020 | Updated: 11:12 GMT, 3 December 2020 A Northern Irish peer is facing … Read more
Northern Irish peer Lord Kilclooney denies being racist by describing US vice president-elect Kamala Harris as ‘the Indian’ – insisting he ‘is very fond of India myself’ Lord Kilclooney, 82, is the former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party He previously deleted tweet calling Taoiseach Leo Varadkar a ‘typical Indian’ Ms Harris is an American … Read more
Lord Ricketts, the ex-ambassador to France, said that the election of the Democrat to replace Donald Trump would leave the UK as an ‘outlier’, with the White House’s European focus on Paris and Berlin instead Brexit Britain faces being sidelined in favour of continental Europe if Joe Biden wins the US presidential election next week, … Read more
A blind Tory peer accused of groping a masseuse claimed today that he felt ‘vulnerable and ‘traced her silhouette to feel comfortable’. Lord Christopher Holmes of Richmond MBE, 48, allegedly pointed to his crotch and asked if the woman did ‘extras’ at a five star hotel’s spa on March 7 last year. The peer vehemently … Read more
What brass! Eco peer who runs oligarch’s giant metals firm pollutes House of Lords rules By Anna Mikhailova For The Mail On Sunday Published: 01:15 BST, 4 October 2020 | Updated: 01:17 BST, 4 October 2020 Lord Barker of Battle took a break from running oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s giant metals firm last week to deliver … Read more
Entrepreneur Michelle Mone has marked five years since being sworn in as a life peer in the House of Lords. The businesswoman, 48, who sold her lingerie company Ultimo in 2014, posted a picture of herself from 2015 to her Instagram on Wednesday. In the photo, Baroness Mone of Mayfair wore a traditional red ermine robe and she posed … Read more
Nosy council inspectors have been peering through letterboxes and windows in an effort to track down pubs and clubs holding lock-ins past the coronavirus curfew. The City of Westminster Council workers were caught in the act peeping into venues in usually-bustling Soho in London. Restrictions currently in place throughout England ban venues from being open … Read more
Kate Middleton appeared relaxed as she recycled her pink £29.50 M&S trousers to meet with parents helped by peer support networks during the Covid-19 pandemic today. The Duchess of Cambridge, 38, lived at her Norfolk home of Anmer Hall during lockdown but is now back at her London home of Kensington Palace with Prince William, … Read more
Baroness Joan Bakewell has revealed that she was sexually harassed early in her career by a junior government minister. The Labour peer told Times Radio how she was the ‘victim of unwelcome attention’ during the 1950s and 1960s. The broadcaster, whose career spans more than 50 years, also described sexism she experienced while working for … Read more