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I’ll soon be the only commoner I know

17 February 2024

9:00 AM

17 February 2024

9:00 AM

It is starting to dawn on me that I will soon be the only commoner I know. I am racking my brains trying to think of anyone I have even met in recent years who has not been ennobled, and at present I am drawing a blank. Each time I am out of the UK I return to find another honours list and another batch of peers.

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