Talk:Chief Secretary to the Treasury

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Numbering
I've noticed that there has been some dispute over whether the holders of this office should be numbered. I want to put forward two reasons why I don't think that we should do this to UK political articles: FollowTheTortoise (talk) 16:01, 13 February 2021 (UTC)
 * holders of UK political offices, unlike in the US, for instance, are very rarely referred to as the xth holder of their office in the press and more generally and
 * for some UK political offices, it is difficult to work out who the first office holder was and thus what number designation the current holder should be given (for example, the Chancellor of the Exchequer). Therefore, if we were to number office holders, then this could lead to disparity across pages that I don't think would be satisfactory.
 * You're absolutely right, FollowTheTortoise. The perpetrator is undoubtedly a sockpuppet of the blocked and has been reported accordingly. Thanks. No Great Shaker (talk) 16:33, 13 February 2021 (UTC)


 * That's interesting. No problem! FollowTheTortoise (talk) 16:58, 13 February 2021 (UTC)