1922 Committee’s Graham Brady and former Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg are knighted and Cheryl Gillan is made a dame
A quarter of all knighthoods in the New Year honours list have gone to politicians, including the Tory kingmaker Graham Brady, who has Theresa May’s political future in his hands as chair of the 1922 Committee of backbenchers, and former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.
The annual list makes knights of Brady and Clegg, despite the prime minister’s promise to stamp out the cronyism of the David Cameron era by focusing awards on those who contribute to their community.
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