For no matter how traditional this country might appear in some respects, with the Queen and her coachmen still accessorising progressive agendas for change – there can be no question, nowadays, of a lord or a duke being put in charge of something as important as BP simply because he is a lord or a duke. Although, as the collapse of Northern Rock once demonstrated, there is no actual law against this.
Tsk: As any fule kno, Northern Rock was not important enough to have an actual Lord in charge.
For a provincial building society, the heir to one is quite sufficient.
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1 Brian, follower of Deornoth // May 30, 2010 at 11:07 am
“the Queen and her coachmen still accessorising progressive agendas for change”
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2 Martin // May 30, 2010 at 10:55 pm
Brian,
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3 The Pedant-General // May 31, 2010 at 11:25 am
“simply because he is a lord or a duke.”
They usually becomes Lords (though Dukes not so much) BECAUSE they are in charge of BP or whatever.
Direction of causation is, as usual for the grauniad, arse-about-face.
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