'These are some of the most discredited people in Britain' Sir Chris Bryant MP, Chair of the Privileges Committee reacts after Partygate aides were among those named in Boris Johnson's resignation honours list. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233
Mr Rees-Mogg was given a knighthood alongside former housing secretary Simon Clarke and MPs Conor Burns and Michael Fabricant.
Ms Dorries stood down with"immediate effect" hours before the list was published - meaning a by-election will go ahead in her constituency anyway.Nadine Dorries, Britain's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport arrives for a cabinet meeting in London, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. After the list was published, Mr Sunak's press secretary sought to distance the prime minister from the list.
"Boris Johnson caused crisis after crisis in this country. His lack of honour means he didn't deserve an honours list in the first place," he said.Opposition MPs were also scathing in their assessment of the list, with Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner calling it a"sickening insult" to COVID victims and Deputy Lib Dem leader Daisy Cooper calling it"corruption pure and simple.
A former ally of Mr Johnson also called the list"an utter disgrace", telling Sky News' political correspondent Joe Pike:"It rewards for failure all round.
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