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Lobbyists, Bankers, Donors in the Lords
Farage: "On Par With a Dictatorship" 
It's Wam Bam Thank You Cam as the Tories award a peerage to Anthony Bamford, the JCB chairman who has donated over £2.5 million to the party. The LibDems have a considerably disproportionate number of new peers, particularly ironic given their position on Lords reform. Clegg advising lobbyist Olly Grender joins the Lords, while Rumi Verjee and James Palumbo, major party donors, are also made peers. As is Lord Rennard's 'niece'. Labour award peerages to donor Willie Haughey and Goldman Sachs adviser Charles Allen. The Coalition breaking its pledge on creating more Lords allows Nigel Farage to position himself as anti-sleaze and anti-establishment. Another Number 10 strategy success...
In other news, Andrew Rawnsley's rehashed 'research' was rumbled, we're still waiting an explanation. Read what the BBC doesn't tell you and see why we need to privatise the Royal Mail. While up in Scotland see the "Labour for Independence" campaigners exposed as SNP members. Finally, watch Prezza directing traffic in Hull...
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