"I imagine Keir Starmer will be asking him about that at Prime Minister's questions this lunchtime," says Cohen. She says that while Rishi Sunak is a "hostage to fortune" regarding his pledge to halve inflation to 5% this year, "now he can be blamed if it is not delivered". "It's been a disgrace because of the likes of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak that have allowed a lot of people who are not suitable to be elected there," he said.Īmid the news that inflation remains stuck at 8.7%, and core inflation actually rose, we've been hearing from Sky News political correspondent Tamara Cohen on Westminster view on the data. He also had praise for the Lords, saying they "do a decent job of making sure that we have a functioning second chamber for the benefit of the country". He said appointing peers in order to pass legislation is "quite different than Boris Johnson, who's awarded his cronies, awarded people who were in the scandal of lockdown parties".īy failing to block Mr Johnson's honours list, Rishi Sunak failed to show integrity and accountability, Mr McMahon said, adding this "comes down to Rishi Sunak's weakness".īut asked again about the fact that Labour will continue to appoint peers, he said Labour has "an ambition to replace to replace the House of Lords with an elected chamber" on "day one". After Boris Johnson appointed people to the House of Lords that many have deemed unsuitable, Labour has been sharply critical of the tradition of resignation honours, and has already pledged to scrap the second chamber in favour of an elected one.īut challenged on the fact that Labour has said it would still be appointing peers to the House of Lords, shadow environment secretary Jim McMahon said that would needed in order to pass its legislation if it gets into government: "You cannot compare Boris Johnson's resignation honours list with the legitimate business of passing legislation."
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