OPINION - Take away her title and ban her from the Lords, Michelle Mone is an embarrassment to us all

Baroness Mone. Pause, and let the words sink in. The blonde business titan who established the Ultimo bra brand — for which her own impressive embonpoint was the best advertisement — would not once have been an obvious candidate for the Lords. But it says a good deal about the debasement of the second chamber from David Cameron on that the ennoblement of any woman, however unimpressive — the young and inexperienced, as well as the tacky — occasions no surprise whatever. Lord Cameron is, right now, engaged in important work marshalling an international response to Israeli actions in Gaza. But when he can spare the time, perhaps he could let us know what it was about the generously endowed bra tycoon that qualified her to feature in his resignation honours list. No doubt he admired the entrepreneurial feistiness that enabled Michelle Mone to lift herself up by her bra straps from a deprived background in Glasgow to success and riches. But to the Lords?