Corbyn criticised for reportedly nominating John Bercow and senior Labour figures for peerages

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Corbyn criticised for reportedly nominating John Bercow and senior Labour figures for peerages
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Jeremy Corbyn’s days as Labour leader might be numbered, but that doesn’t mean there’s not time for one final controversy before he hands over the baton to someone else. People are not impressed with

was the first speaker not to be elevated to the Lords upon retirement for 230 years.Other nominations include former deputy leader Tom Watson and Karie Murphy, the director of his Leader’s office.Corbyn has been accused of hypocrisy for nominating his allies for these roles, particularly seeing as he was highly critical of David Cameron and Theresa May for doing similar things when they left post.

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