Placing of media boss on resignation honours list despite previous rejection puts Rishi Sunak in difficult position
Boris Johnson has once again nominated Paul Dacre for a peerage as part of a pared-back resignation honours list despite the Daily Mail chief having previously been rejected by the appointments watchdog, the Guardian has learned.
Rishi Sunak is already under pressure to reject Johnson’s honours list, which is widely reported to include the name of Stanley Johnson, the former prime minister’s father. One ally said: “The list is shorter than David Cameron’s or Theresa May’s so everyone can relax.” In 2019 Theresa May gave honours to 51 people while in 2016 David Cameron gave out 59 awards.
Johnson’s final honours list has been delayed so long that another prime minister has since resigned. Allies of the former prime minister say one reason for the delay has been the lengthy process of paring it back from its original length, which raised concerns that Johnson was being given preferential treatment over his predecessors.
Sunak is already under pressure to reject any list that includes a knighthood for Stanley Johnson, given previous allegations about his behaviour.during a Conservative party conference in 2003, while the journalist Ailbhe Rea said he groped her at a different conference event. He has denied those accusations.
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