Announced late yesterday by the University of Cambridge:
“Eight distinguished individuals have been nominated for honorary degrees at the University of Cambridge. This year’s nominations recognise outstanding achievements in the fields of law, politics, science, the arts and music.”
One of them is Angela Merkel. Another:
“The barrister, academic and writer, Professor Philippe Sands, is also proposed for a Doctorate in Law. He has extensive experience in international, environmental, criminal and maritime law as an advocate in the International Courts. An alumnus of Corpus Christi College and former Fellow of St Catharine’s College and Visiting Fellow at Jesus College, he is Professor of Law and Director of the Centre on International Courts and Tribunals at University College London.”
If you needed any more reminders that selling out your country is constantly rewarded in legacy Britain. Is he going to have dinner with his friend Keir to celebrate?
Lord Khan in the Telegraph: “I hope, and I say this in a non-pompous way, that the public service I do will bring rewards in this world and the hereafter,” he says. “I’m hoping the work I do is earning me Brownie points.”