Yes, the 'kicking upstairs' (I like that!) to the Lords is very weird.
The 'car crash' interview on LBC is online. I've listened to it again, and wow, it's excruciating. The interviewer (Nick Ferrari) at one point says: 'shouldn't you be more genned up on this?' Natalie B then starts coughing and says: 'I've got a really bad cold'. He waits patiently, saying he's sorry to hear she is unwell, but eventually has to end the interview. If she could only have been honest and apologised for wasting listeners' time by not being well enough informed, then she might have gained some sympathy. Judging by Friday night's 'Any Questions' she seems not to have learned anything in the intervening years, but, strangely, there she is in the House of Lords, able to vote on all our futures!