Former PM Boris Johnson has been slammed and accused of having “discredited the honours system” after it was reported that his resignation list includes a knighthood nomination for….his OWN father, Stanley Johnson.
There have also been claims he his thinking about handing gongs to his wife, his sister, Rachel Johnson.
He has form, as prime minister he made his brother, Jo Johnson, a peer.
According to the Times, Stanley Johnson is among up to 100 names put forward for honours by the former prime minister.
One assumes Nadine Dorries will be on there somewhere!
A spokesperson for Boris Johnson told the paper: “We don’t comment on honours.”
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