Martin Bright has some great detail on the lead up to the Cameron, Miraj row. Here’s the key passage:
“I understand that at a meeting this year Cameron himself urged Miraj to accept to fight another marginal as local Tories were becoming increasingly hostile to the imposition of non-white candidates. Sayeeda Warsi, now shadow minister for community cohesion, also found it nigh-on impossible to find a seat. In Warsi’s case, Cameron nominated her for a place in the Lords, which may explain the discussion between Cameron and Miraj about peerages.”
Considering that Cameron also requested the meeting, not Miraj, and that the purpose of it was to discuss an article attacking the leadership that Miraj had already written, the Cameronian narrative that Miraj walked into the leader’s office, demanded a peerage and then having had his request turned down went out and bashed Cameron to the press is extremely misleading.
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