It has been an eventful years for Lord Nazir Ahmed. Created a life peer on the recommendation of Tony Blair back in 1998, the noble Lord repaid the favour by becoming one of Blair’s most vociferous foreign policy critics, claiming that the government had tapped his phone and that the suicide bombers of 7/7 had an ‘identity crisis.’
Since then he has been involved in various scandals including receiving a prison sentence for dangerous driving, blaming a Jewish conspiracy for the aforementioned sentence which led to his resignation from the Labour party and allegations of sexual impropriety which resulted in his retirement from the Lords just days before his expulsion.
Denied his platform in the Lords, Ahmed – who has kept his title if not his seat – has now taken to Twitter to air his views on the day’s great issues.
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