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Weight of traditions, tax evasion… Why Lewis Hamilton's ennoblement divides Great Britain

2020-11-29T06:09:40.161Z


Despite his prominent place in the pantheon of sportsmen, the seven-time Formula 1 world champion still cannot call himself "Sir". That may soon change.


"

This is frankly unacceptable

".

Peter Hain is an angry lord.

After a first missive that went unheeded last year, the former Labor MP wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson again this fall to demand the ennoblement of Lewis Hamilton.

A letter "

which has no place to be

" according to its own author, quoted by

The Guardian

and for whom the Formula 1 driver should for a long time be called "Sir".

He should have been knighted already.

Andy Murray, Mo Farah, Bradley Wiggins have been in recent years.

I can not understand why Lewis Hamilton is not,

“insists the politician.

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Across the Channel, the subject has been dividing for a long time.

World championship titles in spades, including the 7th obtained in Turkey a fortnight ago, and an unparalleled ability to promote the Union Jack throughout the world, are obviously not enough to erect Lewis Hamilton as a natural candidate to ennoblement.

According to a recent survey conducted by the YouGov institute,

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Source: lefigaro

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