A failed Tory mayoral candidate who attended a lockdown-flouting Christmas bash will be installed in the House of Lords within weeks as he rushes to don his ermine robe.
Shaun Bailey will become a peer for life on July 18 after being ennobled in Boris Johnson's resignation honours, sources told the Mirror.
But his elevation to the Lords is under fresh scrutiny after the Mirror published bombshell footage of a "jingle and mingle" Christmas party held by his campaign in December 2020.
