One of David Cameron\u2019s best pals is to be investigated by Westminster officials claims arose that he was attempting to get the top diplomatic job in Paris while accepting a peerage for his work as Number 10\u2019s former chief of staff.<\/p>\n
Ed Llewellyn, one of Cameron\u2019s Eton mates who was later his senior aide when the former prime minister became the Tory\u2019s leader in 2005, aims to become Britain\u2019s ambassador to France. Sir Julian King, who currently holds the job, is moving to Brussels in October to become the EU\u2019s commissioner for the security union.<\/p>\n
Llewellyn was on Cameron\u2019s resignation honors list, which prompted many to accuse the one-time Conservative leader of \u201ccronyism.\u201d<\/em> Despite reports the appointment was to be cancelled, Llewellyn accepted the life peerage last month.<\/p>\n Political appointments to senior ambassadorial jobs are never well looked upon by the diplomatic community, but the real points of contention are Cameron\u2019s award handouts.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, the chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Bernard Jenkin, asked fellow MPs to examine the fallen Tory leader\u2019s nominations list.<\/p>\n Llewellyn is one of 13 new peers proposed by Cameron, who also include one of his former communication aides Gabrielle Bertin and Tory special advisor Jonathan Caine.<\/p>\n The inquiry, Jenkins said, should consider \u201cthe size and composition of the House of Lords, but also the way in which new peers are appointed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n A 2012 report recommended that a higher proportion of honors be awarded to \u201cpeople who devote their time to the local community, instead of to politicians, civil servants, and celebrities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Speaking to members on Tuesday, Jenkins added: \u201cI think reform of the House of Lords is by far the most important issue arising from this month\u2019s controversy. I hope the new Government will consider this and our previous report seriously, and I hope the committee will agree terms of reference and to launch our inquiry as soon as the House returns in September.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I don’t really see how Ed Llewellyn, who’d be a good ambassador to Paris, can also be a political peer. That isn’t right. One or t’other<\/p>\n \u2014 George Trefgarne (@GeorgeTrefgarne) August 10, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Cameron is expected to be dragged in for interrogation by the Committee. His friend Llewellyn is also under the scrutiny of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee for his cold-blooded ambition to become \u201cour man in Paris.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Conservative MP Crispin Blunt, who serves as chairman for the foreign affairs committee said: \u201cThe appointment of Ed Llewellyn is exactly the kind of territory the committee will want to look at.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Prime Minister Theresa May is rumored to also want a different person for the job, seeing how Llewellyn\u2019s management of Cameron\u2019s anti-Brexit campaign ended in failure.<\/p>\n The Scottish National Party\u2019s (SNP\u2019s) European spokesman, Stephen Gethins, commented on the inquiry, saying: \u201cThere could not be a more important time to have a positive relationship with France. I hope this is not just a case of jobs for the boys.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of David Cameron\u2019s best pals is to be investigated by Westminster officials claims arose that he was attempting to get the top diplomatic job in Paris while accepting a peerage for his work as Number 10\u2019s former chief of staff. Ed Llewellyn, one of Cameron\u2019s Eton mates who was later his senior aide when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":261088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-261087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n