Tory peer faces suspension over ‘Lord Poppadom’ remark

Lady Meyer found to have breached harassment rules with behaviour towards Lord Dholakia that had ‘racial element’

A Conservative peer is facing suspension from the House of Lords for calling a British-Asian peer “Lord Poppadom” and touching an MP’s braids without permission.

Catherine Meyer was accused of referring to Navnit Dholakia, a Liberal Democrat peer, as “Lord Poppadom” twice while in a taxi during a visit to Rwanda with a parliamentary committee this year.