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Title: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: Alex on February 09, 2022, 09:52:17 PM
Why on earth do MPs carry on addressing other MPs as 'honourable' and 'the right honourable'   ?   Seems to me there isn't much honour among any of them.



Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: Jacqueline on February 09, 2022, 10:16:44 PM
Good question Alex, a more djshonerable !ot would be had to find.
Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: -Oy- on February 09, 2022, 10:22:38 PM
It would be mich more entertaining if they said "As the Dishonourable Scumbag knows..."  :yahoo: :halo:
Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: zoony on February 09, 2022, 10:28:02 PM
My guess is they take classes in how to suppress chuckles and disguise the chill of irony in their voices.. Must take ages..
Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: Michael Rolls on February 09, 2022, 10:34:32 PM
I've always assumed that the term was used because lying to the House is seen as the ultimate sin (stop laughing at the back there) as statements in the house are not actionable for slander
Mike
Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: crabbyob on February 10, 2022, 12:24:10 PM
i think the right honourable gent has served or is serving as a cabinet member...
Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: Alex on February 10, 2022, 12:33:22 PM
Bercow did away with the gown and wig for the speaker, so I'm surprised nobody has suggested a modernisation of the language too. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: Michael Rolls on February 10, 2022, 12:37:46 PM
Well if the Poison Dwarf thought something was a good idea.....
Mike
Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: klondike on February 10, 2022, 12:39:35 PM
Quote from: Alex on February 10, 2022, 12:33:22 PM
Bercow did away with the gown and wig
Couldn't get a gown short enough or a wig big enough...
Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: Alex on February 10, 2022, 12:40:31 PM

That figures  :cool:
Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: crabbyob on February 10, 2022, 01:36:00 PM
Quote from: klondike on February 10, 2022, 12:39:35 PM
Couldn't get a gown short enough or a wig big enough...
nailed the wee bum
Title: Re: The Honourable Gentleman
Post by: Michael Rolls on February 10, 2022, 05:41:12 PM
Quote from: klondike on February 10, 2022, 12:39:35 PM
Couldn't get a gown short enough or a wig big enough...
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: