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		</div><p>Leader of the UK&#8217;s House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg has issued a set of rules for staff in his office to follow, including a list of banned words and a requirement to use imperial measurements.</p>
<p>Mr Rees-Mogg, who was brought into the British Government by Boris Johnson on Wednesday, wasted little time in issuing the guidance to staff.</p>
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<p>According to the style guide obtained by ITV News, Mr Rees-Mogg insists that all non-titled males are given the suffix Esq and words including “ongoing” and “hopefully” are banned.</p>
<p>In a call for accuracy he tells staff: “CHECK your work.”</p>
<p>The guidance was drawn up by Mr Rees-Mogg’s North East Somerset constituency team some years ago, but has now been shared with officials in his new office.</p>
<p>Other directions include a call for a double space after full stops and no comma after the word “and”.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">EXCLUSIVE: <a href="https://twitter.com/Jacob_Rees_Mogg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jacob_Rees_Mogg</a> instructs his new office to use imperial measurements and refer to “non-tiled males” as Esq in list of rules to staff. <a href="https://t.co/pGerfIJwib">https://t.co/pGerfIJwib</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Paul Brand (@PaulBrandITV) <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1154783493718761475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>He also set out a series of banned words and phrases that should not be used by his staff.</p>
<p>They include: very, due to, unacceptable, equal, yourself, lot, got, speculate, meet with, ascertain and disappointment.</p>
<p>Staff should avoid “too many ‘Is&#8217;” in their writing, Mr Rees-Mogg will not be “pleased to learn” anything, he will not “note/understand your concerns” nor will he “invest (in schools etc)”, and the phrase “no longer fit for purpose” has been deemed no longer fit for purpose.</p>
<p>Asked on his LBC show about the ban on certain words, Mr Rees-Mogg said: “These are for my letters.</p>
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<p>“This list was drawn up by my staff.</p>
<p>“And when you read through a letter you see something that says ‘it was very important’, but, probably not actually, it’s probably just important.</p>
<p>“‘Unacceptable’ is a dreadful, weasel word. Such an ugly word.</p>
<p>“It is used when people mean ‘wrong’ but they don’t have the courage to say so.</p>
<p>“The use of the words is to hide meaning rather than to elucidate meaning, and, therefore you should use words that elucidate meaning.”</p>
<p>Mr Rees-Mogg said that he was no longer being paid to present the LBC phone-in programme because he had become a Government minister.</p>
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