Doreen Lawrence gets seat in House of Lords

[number 6]

She is to become a Labour peer. Well done to Doreen,years of having justice denied by the thugs who dkilled her son and the police,finally she will be able to have a hand in some kind of policy. Nobody deserves it more.

[Arginald Valleywater]

Seriously this is a joke?

[Jonone]

Got one for being William Hague's judo partner.

[Cuntybollocks]

Crazy, only in this country.

[number 6]

Whats crazy about it?? She never got justice for years,her sons killing was a landmark case,she had cops looking to smear her family,she has been dignified all the way through. What is crazy about it??

[frankthring]

Whats crazy about it Number 6 ? Well, I would agree with you 100 per cent
that Mrs Lawrence has fought tooth and nail to bring her son`s killers to
justice and deserves praise and respect.
But surely an O.B.E, M.B.E. or C.B.E might have been in order. To create
her a life peer on the grounds that a) she lost a son through murder b)
fought and took on the Establishment to see justice done seems - I am sure
to many people - the wrong grounds under which to create a peerage....
and, I might add, in the army (as an example) one would have to climb the
ladder to major-general rank or higher through dint of service, then move to
a K.C.B. (Knight Commander of the Bath) BEFORE getting a crack at a
peerage. I can think of a few exceptions; Robert Clive in the 18th century,
but he added the entire Indian sub-continent as far north as Delhi to earn
his (and fought a battle at Plassey).
Think about the scientists - Fleming who discovered penicillin got just a
knighthood, same with Barnes Wallis and his bouncing bomb or Ronald Ross
who cured malaria....
So Number 6 - it seems Mrs Lawrence to Lady Lawrence is a bloated,
unnecessary political piece of chicanery aimed squarely at influencing black
voters in the run up to the election.

[Essex Lad]

Everything is crazy about it. On your rationale ? Stefan Kiszko's mother should have got a peerage. And what about Iris Bentley? Surely should have been Dame Iris? Diana Lamplugh should have been made a duchess...

I don't see that having your son murdered qualifies you to be a lawmaker.

[max_tranmere]

Seb Coe got a seat in the Lords for being William Hague's judo partner? Some claim he is much more than just his judo partner...

[Essex Lad]

max_tranmere wrote:

> Seb Coe got a seat in the Lords for being William Hague's judo
> partner? Some claim he is much more than just his judo
> partner...

Yes, he was his chief of staff as well !wink!

[number 6]

Im sure Coe and Hague indulged in the odd game of twister.