What Jacob Rees-Mogg's language rules reveal about him | David Shariatmadari
by David Shariatmadari from Science | The Guardian on (#4M53C)
His linguistic intolerance suggests a personality that values order and obedience above all
Jacob Rees-Mogg must be in seventh heaven right now. His obsession with anachronistic rules and rituals finally has a professional justification. Boris Johnson has made him leader of the House of Commons, a British institution more steeped in arcane ritual than almost any other. He even has a bonus title, Lord President of the Council, complete, no doubt, with complicated modes of address. I'm sure he's checked the entry in Debrett's and will be correcting anyone who gets it wrong.
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