WARRINGTON North MP Charlotte Nichols has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson regarding the enoblement of Claire Fox and its impact on Warrington.

This has come up following a news story over the weekend which discovered journalist Roy Greenslade’s support for IRA violence in the 1980s and 1990s.

Responding to the Greenslade story, the Prime Minister’s official spokesperson – on behalf of Mr Johnson – said the PM ‘outright condemns his comments as I have said specifically those about the killing of civilians’.

Ms Nichols said: “There is a clear hypocrisy there – this is the same Prime Minister who allowed Claire Fox to be elevated to the House of Lords in spite of her formerly being a leading member of the Revolutionary Communist Party and has never apologised for their defence of the Warrington bombings.

“When I discuss this issue with Warrington residents I feel the palpable disgust within our community that this has been allowed to happen.

“The Prime Minister cannot simply bring this up when it is convenient for him, he must explain why he did not block her elevation and apologise to the people of Warrington for his inaction. I will keep Warrington residents update when I receive a response.”

Number 10 has not responded to a request for a comment.

Mr Johnson faced huge pressure to block Claire Fox’s controversial peerage last year.

The former Brexit Party north west MEP was among 36 people to be given a seat in the House of Lords.

Warrington South Tory MP Andy Carter has pointed to his previous comments on the matter, as reported in August last year.

He said: “Claire Fox has not been nominated to the House of Lords as a Conservative peer, she has been nominated as an unaffiliated peer.

“The process for appointment of unaffiliated peers is through the independent House of Lords Appointment Commission, not the Government.

“What rankles me and so many is Ms Fox’s refusal to acknowledge how her comments at the time caused such hurt to families in Warrington.

“If her views have changed she should say so, she should apologise to the families affected.”