Sentences with phrase «political knighthoods»

The prime minister defended his decision to revive the tradition of political knighthoods.

It is true that the Prime Minister is re-inventing the political knighthood, and that the collapse of Lords reform opens up the prospect of more peerages, but patronage has taken a hit, and Downing Street has come late to using what it has.

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It is this same drive for arms sales and political influence which saw the Assad regime treated as allies and Tony Blair lobbying for him to receive a knighthood in 2002.

A quarter of all knighthoods in the New Year honours list have gone to politicians, including the Tory kingmaker Graham Brady, who has Theresa May's political future in his hands as chair of the 1922 Committee of backbenchers, and former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.

A company boss who has given nearly # 1m to the Conservative party and long - serving MPs from across the Commons head the list of political figures who receive a knighthood in this year's New Year honours list.