Former Prime Minister Tony Blair did not issue a list by June 2007, apparently because of the "Cash for Honours scandal".
The 1976 resignation honours of Harold Wilson—which became known as the "Lavender List"—had caused controversy as a number of recipients were wealthy businessmen whose principles were considered antithetic to those held by the Labour Party at the time.
[13] May's list was criticised with SNP MP Pete Wishart likening it to "handing out peerages like sweeties to the same Tory advisers who got us into this Brexit mess".
[13][14] Liz Truss was confirmed to be eligible for a resignation honours list, despite only having been prime minister for seven weeks; this caused considerable controversy, with Alastair Campbell saying that she and Johnson had "disgraced and debased an office they should never have held".
Willie Russell of the Electoral Reform Society said, "It looks like the political class dishing out rewards for failure at a time when many people are still suffering the effects from her turbulent premiership".