Conrad Black, the Canadian newspaper man, famously renounced his canadian citizenship just so he could claim his title in the house of lords. He's also an american citizen.
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That tracks. I dunno, i tend to think all the countries that were founded by white Europeans have a collective mishmash of carried-over traditions that don’t make sense, and reactive laws trying to protect some colonizing values while eschewing others. I doubt there’s much logic involved.
aug 31, 2025, 9:31 pm • 2 0 • view
Yeah, I agree with you. That's also why all water bodies are publicly owned here - so nothing belongs to the king or a local lord. Canada clearly had a lot of regular plebes in the nation-building.
aug 31, 2025, 9:39 pm • 3 0 • view
I remember that. I didn't realize he was dual
aug 31, 2025, 9:28 pm • 2 0 • view
Yeah. And then he went to American jail iirc. (For not house of lords stuff)
aug 31, 2025, 9:38 pm • 3 0 • view
I remember reading Barbara Frum's essay about visiting him in prison and rubbing shoulder with other wives in the waiting room That was special
aug 31, 2025, 10:18 pm • 1 0 • view
Bahahaha! Omfg!
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