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Alex von Tunzelmann@alexvont.bsky.social |
Seen some kick off about this because they’ve decided it’s telling them they must use titles. By all means drop Sir & call him Starmer: most UK papers do. But if you’re offering your opinion on UK politics & call him “Prime Minister Starmer”, it sounds like you don’t know much about UK politics 🤷🏻♀️
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James Cooray Smith
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Don't know much about UK politics? Surely not? I like it when Americans, who confer titles like "President" and "Governor" for life, and have an obsession with dynasty that's genuinely sinister, snottily inform europeans they "abolished titles" or whatever. It's honestly very funny.
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Alex von Tunzelmann
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Anyway yes, titles are very silly and I don’t think we should have them either, though I’m less opposed to granted lifetime honorifics like Sir than I am to hereditary aristo ones like Earl, Duke etc. And don’t get me started on the House of Lords. That thing needs to go.
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