~theguardian-world | Bookmarks (2)

Anneliese Dodds says the honour for Mohamed Mansour appears clearly tied to his £5m donation to the ToriesRishi Sunak’s decision to hand a knighthood to a businessman and former Egyptian government minister who donated £5m to the Conservative party is the sign of a prime minister who “simply believes he’s on the way out”, Labour has said.Mohamed Mansour, a senior treasurer of the Tory...

Entrepreneur Stuart Marks reportedly featured on – but was removed from – Boris Johnson’s resignation honours listA major donor to the Conservative party who reportedly featured on Boris Johnson’s original resignation honours list is among 13 new peers announced by the government on Friday evening, eight of them Conservatives.Stuart Marks, a technology entrepreneur who has served as a senior treasurer for the Conservatives, has...