Miscarriage of justice claim rejected as peer suspended for ‘Lord Poppadom’ slur Claims of a “miscarriage of justice” were rejected as a baroness was suspended from Parliament for twice calling a British-Asian peer “Lord Poppadom”.
Conservative peer Baroness Meyer’s language, referring to Liberal Democrat peer Lord Dholakia, was branded “offensive” and having a “racial element”.
Seeking to defend Lady Meyer, he told peers on Wednesday that her “Lord Poppadom” comment had been a joke, and that she had been drinking alcohol at the time, but insisted “she hasn’t got a racist bone in her body”.
Chairwoman of the House of Lords Conduct Committee Baroness Manningham-Buller said “the use of such offensive language is simply not acceptable” and that Lady Meyer had not appealed against the verdict.
Fellow Conservative peer Lord Hamilton of Epsom claimed this verdict was a “total miscarriage of justice”.
