Thank you so much for all the lovely messages (& too for the not so nice ones - keeping it real) about my news. It’s all rather overwhelming but a tremendous honour to be asked to be a Labour peer. I hope I can make a worthwhile contribution to public life at an important moment.
Few people asking if I’m off this weekend. Not at all! I’m celebrating by slapping on an extra HRT patch & gearing up to do my beloved @TimesRadio Weekend Drive show 4-7pm. Will post running order later but we have a cracking line up.
@ayeshahazarika Absolutely fabulous news - congratulations!
@ayeshahazarika Congratulations so pleased for you. X
@ayeshahazarika Congratulations ! Don't forget to kick the leadership in the arse about Gaza
@ayeshahazarika Belated congratulations Well deserved peerage
@ayeshahazarika Congratulations. Can’t wait for you to join us. You will be brilliant along with John Hannet and Gerald Samash.