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Idle note in the midst of sorrow

I was reading Le Monde's coverage of the London bombings when I noticed an interesting mistake in an article on blog-coverage of the chaos.

Le Monde.fr : Des témoignages immédiats par centaines sur le Web:  Le blog de la mairie de Londres a également relayé tout au long de la journée les informations sur la situation, les blessés et les victimes.

The unfortunate part, though, is that the linked site is actually NOT the official blog of the mayoralty of London.  It is instead a site devoted to opposing New Labour.  Red Ken is insufficiently radical for them, you see.   But the reporter who wrote the article didn't read far enough into the blog to find this out.  I'll check back later to see if they've corrected it.

No fair

Apparently British life peers' wives get the title "Lady," but husbands don't get anything at all.  Sexism!  Sexism!

Debrett's - The Peerage: Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts, Barons (and Life Peers): The Life Barons' wives rank as Baronesses, and are entitled to the prefix of 'Lady', while their children, and those of Life Baronesses, are styled 'Hon' for life and hold special precedence. The husband of a Life Baroness, however, does not receive any special prefix or style by virtue of their wife's title.