Editing Jeffrey Archer (section)

===Kurdish charity and peerage===
When [[Saddam Hussein]] suppressed [[1991 uprisings in Iraq|Kurdish uprisings]] in 1991, Archer, with the [[Red Cross]], set up the charity Simple Truth, a fundraising campaign on behalf of the [[Kurds]].<ref name="ST"/> In May 1991, Archer organised a [[Benefit concert|charity pop concert]], starring [[Rod Stewart]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] and [[Gloria Estefan]], who all performed free of charge. Archer stated that his charity had raised £57,042,000, though it was later reported that only £3 million came from the [[The Simple Truth: A Concert for Kurdish Refugees|Simple Truth concert]] and appeal, the rest from aid projects sponsored by the British and other governments, with significant amounts pledged before the concert.<ref name="ST"/> The charity would later incur further controversy. Having been previously rejected,<ref name="ST">{{Cite news|date=16 August 2001|title=Archer fraud allegations: the simple truth|language=en-GB|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/aug/16/qanda.politics|access-date=13 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220427100741/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/aug/16/qanda.politics|archive-date=27 April 2022|first=Matthew|last=Matthew Tempest|location=London|url-status=live}}</ref> Archer was made a [[life peer]] on 27 July 1992 as '''Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare''', ''of [[Mark, Somerset|Mark]] in the [[County of Somerset]]''.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=53005 |date=30 July 1992 |page=12843}}</ref> Prime Minister [[John Major]] recommended him largely because of Archer's role in aid to the Kurds.<ref name="ST"/> Archer and Major had been friends for a number of years.<ref name=Young>{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Hugo|title=Honest John Major landed his party with Lord Archer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/nov/23/archer.politics1|access-date=22 December 2015|work=The Guardian|date=23 November 1999|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223131355/http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/nov/23/archer.politics1|archive-date=23 December 2015}}</ref>