Leaving aside those who have parted with a right old wodge of dosh over the years, there are mainly two kinds of life peer: those who are no longer a threat to their party’s leader, and those who still are. For the former, the House of Lords is a retirement home; for the latter, the most ornate gulag in all the world. Sadiq Khan is being lined up for this gulag, with reports that No. 10 has considered offering him a life peerage. Khan is becoming a problem for Sir Keir Starmer, of whose leadership he grows more critical by the day.

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In particular, the mayor laments Labour’s failure to get bold on Europe by applying to rejoin the customs union and single market, positions that play well in London and among Labour’s core vote. With that vote haemorrhaging to the Greens, MPs and party activists are........

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