This is how it ends ... not with a bang,

... but with a whimper. The Blair administration, elected as much because of disenchantment with a Tory government that had clearly begun to rule for the sake of the gravy train, has fallen prey to the same temptations of power and wealth.

Number 10's 'citations' explaining the case for putting Sir David Garrard and Barry Townsley in the House of Lords 'prominently' featured their role in helping these inner city schools. Downing Street sources said the Prime Minister wanted their political support in the Lords for the controversial policy.

One has to wonder whether the rather tyranically-potentiated legislation that they are attempting to put on the books is actually a means to try to keep the gravy train on the rails for them.
The Observer | Politics | No 10 admits link between school donors and peerages: