Strictly speaking we ought to add The Right Honourable - though Newsnight ditched that years ago in a concession to modernity, and brevity”
Michael Crick & other commentators have missed a bit of Lord Mandelson’s title. A treasonable offence (probably)
He is also President of the Board of Trade
I owe this intelligence to my new must-read, the Court Circular of 13 June
I remember Edward Heath being appointed to this post by Lord Home in 1963; he was the first to be given an enhanced title Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Development
I also remember one political commentator telling us that the post was traditionally given to an up & coming man, definitely one to watch
With all the correct bits I reckon that the number of words in Lord Mandelson’s title is actually 42
So he really is the answer to everything
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