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Bad news: Posh Spice didn't get the job

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Following yesterday's shock news that Lord Marland had stepped down as the UK's Minister responsible (sic) for Intellectual Property, and the launch of an exciting rumour that he might be replaced by an elevated Lady Beckham, Politics Live with Andrew Sparrow reports:
... Viscount Younger of Leckie has been made a junior business minister, replacing Lord Marland ...
Viscount Younger of Leckie is that curious creature of British politics, an elected hereditary peer, and deputy chairman of the Buckingham Constituency Conservative Association.  You can peruse his Lords biography here.
Bad news: Posh Spice didn't get the job Bad news: Posh Spice didn't get the job Reviewed by Jeremy on Wednesday, January 09, 2013 Rating: 5

5 comments:

  1. MarkWednesday, 9 January 2013 at 15:03:00 GMT

    His father was a heavy-hitter in previous Conservative Govt. Let's hope he is too. There are other politicians' offspring doing well in the HL, eg Lord Attlee.

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  2. AnonymousWednesday, 9 January 2013 at 15:26:00 GMT

    Mark, you say Viscount Younger's father was a heavy-hitter and the blog says he's a hereditary peer. Are minor British ministers the result of some sort of selective breeding programme?

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    1. MarkWednesday, 9 January 2013 at 21:16:00 GMT

      There's a special intellectual property right - a bit like plant breeders' rights - called Primogeniture Right. Holders of the right have something called "father's privilege". Unfortunately, genetic mutation often causes degradation of the seed stock, making investment in the right a highly risky business. Not suitable for unsophisticated investors.

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  3. pantagruelWednesday, 9 January 2013 at 17:06:00 GMT

    The Viscount even has a Polish Wikipedia entry. Very promising!

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  4. AnonymousThursday, 10 January 2013 at 13:52:00 GMT

    Posh Spice might be better qualified.

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