We cross now to the world of Daniel Hannan – Lord Hannan these days, of course, having been rewarded in 2020 for being such a staunch advocate of Brexit. Daniel Hannan. A Peer. Just when I thought we had hit the bottom… — Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 (@DeborahMeaden) December 22, 2020 Hannan is the brainiac who […]
  • phutatorius@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It all goes back to the Normans. Roger Face du Poubelle fought alongside William at Hastings but was rewarded with a title of Compte but no land. There are rumours that Poubelle was not ennobled at all, but William was misheard when he said (translating from Norman French) “That Poubelle geezer, he’s a right Compte.”