she has been made a lord
because her son got murdered
its at best in poor taste
but what it really is
is tokenism taken to extremes
She's being brown nosed to death, for starters she's got an OBE, ok no big deal Gary Barloe has one and Jimmy Savile too....etc:
On 27 July 2012, Lawrence took part in the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, holding the Olympic flag with Ban Ki Moon, Shami Chakrabarti and others.
In October 2012, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 14th Pride of Britain Awards.[15]
In April 2014, she was named as Britain's most influential woman in the BBC Woman's Hour power list 2014.[16]
Lawrence was elevated to the peerage as a Baroness, on 6 September 2013, She sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords as a working peer.[19]
I can't comment on the rationale behind this, but if she's willingly embracing this lime light and posing for fashion shoots next Annie Lennox and Rita Ora, is rather inappropriate: