The new leader of Britain’s House of Commons has office rules against using 18 words and phrases, including “equal,” “got” and “very.” Jacob Rees-Mogg, nicknamed 'the honorable member for the 18th century,' also has strong punctuation preferences.
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019 file photo, British lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg gestures as he speaks at a meeting for eurosceptic think tank The Bruges group, in London. The new leader of Britain’s House of Commons has some old-fashioned rules for staff, banning metric measurements and ordering men to be addressed as “esquire.” A memo for staff of Conservative lawmaker Jacob Rees-Mogg published Friday, July 26 says men without aristocratic titles should get the suffix “Esq.
LONDON — The new leader of Britain’s House of Commons has a painstaking list of grammar and etiquette rules for his staff.
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