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Apparently, there would be six regional committees on which two lord-lieutenants would serve, together with a 'headhunter'. This comes into immediate conflict with the established custom over the centuries whereby a lord-lieutenant is concerned only with events within his or her county.
What is more, choosing 12 out of some 48 will inevitably involve some sort of selection process. Who will allocate the fortunate, or unfortunate, dozen? Presumably Mr Howard himself, thereby further corrupting a questionable procedure from the start.
HARVEY R COLE
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This week's big questions: How best to react to Woolwich? Has Miliband got what it takes? And is Stephen King right about ebooks?
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Dogma will always lead to murder. In the end, scepticism is the only answer
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Farewell, Shameless. Your heirs have work to do
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Editorial: Salutary lessons from a libellous tweet from Sally Bercow
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As Hay-on-Wye opens this week, it's time for book festivals to open a new and exciting chapter
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Tim Key: 'If you don't have to tranquilise an animal to get it into your zoo it shouldn't come in'
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The Holocaust can’t be a joke – least of all in Berlin
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The new version of Ibsen's Public Enemy is a drama where democracy doesn't win any votes
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