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That’s Lord Lebedev to you. Almost unbelievably he was given a peerage by Boris Johnson. It was a big story in the UK for a while, Johnson also attended a part

That’s Lord Lebedev to you. Almost unbelievably he was given a peerage by Boris Johnson. It was a big story in the UK for a while, Johnson also attended a party at Lebedev’s villa in Italy after a NATO conference.

bitwize 2y ago
So a Russian national was given a peerage by a PM named Boris? That's not sus...
vasco 2y ago
I think you mean Baron Lebedev, of Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and of Siberia in the Russian Federation. Monarchy is ridiculous, lol. Lets keep giving these people validation like this.
- eru 2y ago
  Taking money for symbolic titles seems good (for Britain). Gets money out of their hands into British hands. Actually handing out power is more questionable, but I'm not sure whether Britain is worse or better than other countries in this regard. Eg in Germany or the US you can also get some influence for money, you just won't get a fancy noble title with it.
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  - outop 2y ago
    The upper chamber of British parliament is made up of lords.
    - eru 2y ago
      Yes. And a lordship gives you both a fancy title and some (minor) say in politics. I wanted to disentangle the two aspects.
denton-scratch 2y ago
As far as I'm aware, he's never participated in a Lord's debate, nor voted on a motion.
surfingdino 2y ago
He got his peerage nomination whilst Dominic Cummings was Johnson's advisor. I am not sure if the fact that Cummings lived in Russia from his graduation till 1997 has had any bearing on this nomination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Cummings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Cummings