Rees Mogg also said that by law all chimney sweepers must now doff their caps when meeting their betters.https://twitter.com/itvnews/status/1154782412557168643 …
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Surely the etymology is not what's important, but rather the impact? I don't care if calling (male) MPs "esquire" turns out to be in the Magna Carta, to so dignify male MPs while slighting women, after the country has had two woman PMs (one still in Parliament!) is asinine.
Most of these folks are neither young nor noble, so why split hairs about whether they're men?
We clearly need to bring back the term "varlet"
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