Ex-UK leader Boris Johnson nominates father for knighthood - report

FILE PHOTO: Stanley Johnson, Conservative Environment Network International Ambassador and father of Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, attends the annual Conservative Party conference, in Manchester, Britain, October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has nominated his father Stanley for a knighthood in the list of honours he can grant as an outgoing leader, the Times newspaper reported on Monday, drawing accusations of cronyism.

The Times said Johnson had put forward as many as 100 names for awards. His predecessors Theresa May and David Cameron nominated roughly 60 each. The newspaper did not specify what service Stanley Johnson's nomination was in acknowledgement of.