An awful lot of Theresa May’s resignation honours list is awful. In no particular order:
Knighting Geoff Boycott would be a horrible act for any PM, let alone one who actually did some good on domestic violence. Who cares if he punched a woman repeatedly in the face, he played great cricket, eh? A gruesome choice, even though he continues to deny the offence.
Knighting the communications Director who failed to communicate your central policy would be a misjudgement at the best of times. But Theresa May adds hypocrisy to the mix: she once cruelly and very publicly mocked David Cameron’s press chief for precisely the same honour. I was not the greatest fan of Sir Craig Oliver but I think he would have done a better job of selling the Withdrawal Agreement than Sir Robbie Gibb managed.
A peerage for Liz Sanderson? A peerage for a second-string media spad? Is May actively trying to make the Cameron honours list look good?
CBEs for Fiona Hill and Nick Timothy just look odd.
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