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31 Jul 2020

Ian Botham and Jo Johnson nominated for peerages

It is the second largest legislature in the world, second only to the National People’s Congress of China. But now the Lords is set to get even more peers.

The latest list of nominees includes a cricketing legend, the son of a KGB spy and the former publisher of Living Marxism. And plenty of former MPs have also been invited to don the ermine.