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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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Boris Johnson faces fresh cronyism row as he overrules committee to put Tory donor in Lords
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mirror.co.ukBoris Johnson faces a fresh cronyism row after overrulling a Lords Committee to hand a millionaire Tory donor a peerage. Former Tory treasurer and city tycoon Peter Cruddas was first reportedly to in line for a Lordship earlier this year - after giving £50,000 to Boris Johnson's leadership campaign.
The House of Lords Committee, which vets Lords appointments, said it could not support one of the seven potential Peers put forward by the PM - Mr Cruddas.
It's understood the Committee pointed to a 2012 court case which followed Mr Cruddas being filmed talking about donations in a Sunday Times newspaper sting.
But Mr Johnson overrulled the Committee's decision, saying many of the "most serious" allegations had been "found untrue". And he said
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