U ntil last month, when The Sunday Times reported that Lord Alli had a security pass to Downing Street, the Labour donor was relatively unknown — apparently the way he likes it. A Nineties TV executive who was ennobled by Tony Blair as Baron Alli of Norbury, he had long since retired as chairman of the online fashion retailer Asos and had sold his main media business. He rarely contributed to House of Lords debates, speaking just 12 times in the past decade, including after the King’s Speech in July when he defended “decency and fair play” in elections and urged the new Labour government to get on with lowering the voting age to 16.
But the story of his privileged access to the heart of.
