MBE: Joe Simmonds
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Now that Baron Beefy of Bothamshire has been sworn into the House of Lords and granted power of scrutiny over the nation’s legislation – where’s the third umpire when you need him? – it is clear that Joe Simmonds will soon be joining him on the woolsack. With an MBE in his pocket at 24, ennoblement cannot be far off.