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Johnson’s aide nominated for peerage appears to have exaggerated time spent at Number 10 (www.tortoisemedia.com)

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The woman who is set to become the UK’s youngest ever life peer appears to have exaggerated the amount of time she worked at Downing Street on her public profile. Charlotte Owen is one of seven names approved by King Charles for elevation to the House of Lords as part of Boris Johnson’s controversial resignation honours’ list.

Her LinkedIn profile states that she worked as a special adviser for the former prime minister from February 2021 until October 2022.

However she is not named alongside others in Number 10 in the annual report on special advisers published in June 2021. She is named in the same report from a subsequent year as working half for the prime minister and half for then chief whip Chris Heaton-Harris.

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[–] theinspectorst@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Her peerage is such a damning indictment of our unelected political system.

She's 29, her career trajectory has supposedly gone from new intern to life peer in six years, she has no other career experience to bring to the table, but thanks to the political patronage of a disgraced former politician she will now be a permanent member of our legislature, making laws that apply to all the rest of us, for the next 59 years based on average life expectancy.