Conrad Black, who battled Chrtien over British peerage, removed from U.K. House of Lords [View all]

Former media baron Conrad Black, who famously tried to sue then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in his fight to secure a British peerage, has been removed from the House of Lords over his lax attendance.

House of Lords Speaker Lord John McFall announced Wednesday that a number of lords have ceased to be members of the House "by virtue of non-attendance," including the Montreal-born Black, who was known as Lord Black of Crossharbour. The move is effective as of July 9.

Black, who founded the National Post newspaper, went to great lengths to secure that seat — battling the prime minister for two years and ultimately forsaking his Canadian citizenship for two decades.

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After two courts rejected his attempt to sue Chrétien for abuse of power, Black renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2001 and accepted the peerage.

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In the same interview, Black — who was convicted in the U.S. in 2007 on charges of fraud and obstruction of justice and later pardoned by then U.S. President Donald Trump — said his Canadian citizenship was reinstated.

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/conrad-black-removed-house-of-lords-1.7259948


Couldn't happen to a more fitting asshole.