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    I expect this BBC piece will be corrected in response to complaints, but at present it's got a beauty of a howler:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-32795139

    Labour MP Sir Gerald Kaufman is the new Father of the House, the title given to the MP with the longest continuous service who is not a minister.

    The member for Manchester Gorton replaces Conservative Sir Peter Tapsell, who stood down as MP at the election. His main duty, as demonstrated on Monday, is to preside over the election of a new Speaker.

    First elected in 1970, Sir Gerald pips three other MPs - Conservatives Ken Clarke and Michael Meacher, and Dennis Skinner of Labour, who all entered Parliament on the same day - because he swore the oath before them.
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