Cronyism making a mockery of the Lords

The latest appointments of political cronies to the House of Lords highlight the urgent need for reform, says Darren Hughes. Re your story on the PM appointing more unelected peers ( Report, 27 August), seats in parliament should not be used as a handout for big political donors and campaign apparatchiks. The fact that Johnson would have to appoint a huge number to significantly “rebalance” the Lords shows the absurdity of the current set-up: each new PM tries to pack it with cronies