Batley and Spen by-election

[tim]

Is he allowed/supposed to be calling himself The Honorable?

I can't imagine that there's a law against self-identifying as Honourable.

 

[Cerv]

in his case, it could be considered false advertising

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I can't imagine that there's a law against self-identifying as Honourable.

dunno really

isn't 'the honourable [name] ' a title for younger sons of dukes and that sort of thing?

doesn't quite seem his territory.

whether it's technically an offence to use a title that hasn't been signed off by HM, i'm not sure. duke ellington, lord tanamo, prince buster and others seemed to get away with it...

in his case, it could be considered false advertising

MPs are either the 'honourable member for [constituency] or the 'right honourable...' and it's false advertising for most of the buggers

 

[killer b]

Of all the things to lay into Galloway for, whether he has the right to call himself some made up honorific isn't one. Who gives a shit?

 

[TopCat]

dunno really

isn't 'the honourable [name] ' a title for younger sons of dukes and that sort of thing?

doesn't quite seem his territory.

whether it's technically an offence to use a title that hasn't been signed off by HM, i'm not sure. duke ellington, lord tanamo, prince buster and others seemed to get away with it...



MPs are either the 'honourable member for [constituency] or the 'right honourable...' and it's false advertising for most of the buggers

I was in court with a certain Lord Sefton. The magistrate did a double take at this huge Jamaican bloke but it was his name.

 

[TopCat]

I wonder how many hours every day Galloway and his NazBol allies think angrily about anal sex?

Bananas and Nutella.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I was in court with a certain Lord Sefton. The magistrate did a double take at this huge Jamaican bloke but it was his name.

Now you mention it, I am aware of someone (no longer with us) who had Prince as his first name

And of a (possible) distant relative who had Major as his first name, which must have caused some confusion when he got called up (and never moved from the rank of Private) in the 1914 war...

 

[kenny g]

Now you mention it, I am aware of someone (no longer with us) who had Prince as his first name

And of a (possible) distant relative who had Major as his first name, which must have caused some confusion when he got called up (and never moved from the rank of Private) in the 1914 war...

I guess he would have been Private Major whereas a Mr Private who became a Major would be a Major Private which would presumably cause problems in the world of "call me Hon" Galloway.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

Without wanting to go to a case by case vetted by panel of experts situation. it's a contested area. Much like politics within the working classitself. Academics have never agreed on who or what is working class , and as capitalism changes job roles change . Even the concept of affluent workers isn't new. Surveys that rely on self identification show that the majority of people still view themselves as working class.

We also need to bin off the false binary that suggests everyone in London is a young graduate in precarious work and everyone ‘up north’ is a bigoted ex-coal miner who has paid his mortgage off. Batley is living proof that these communities are multi generational and multi ethnic. If some on the left ever felt like visiting and learning about these places they’d note that many 'traditional' working-class communities are far more multicultural and cosmopolitan than the commentariat (who don’t live there and don’t know much about it) insist.

 

[belboid]

I can't imagine that there's a law against self-identifying as Honourable.

It is actually against HoC protocol. Even serving members shouldn't use it in writing, its only for referring to one another in the house itself.

 

[belboid]

Some fam went campaigning in B&S yesterday. Lower support for GG than when they did it two weeks ago, tho his campaigners are still out in force. Asian women do not seem particularly keen on him, Nas Shah has been in the area a lot telling everyone what a shit he is, though quite a few of his supporters know and dont care. They dont particularly want him as MP but do want to fuck Labour off.

 

[Sasaferrato]

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When was Galloway a Privy Councillor?

IIRC only those who have been are entitled to 'Honourable'.

Edit: Rt Honourable.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[belboid]

When was Galloway a Privy Councillor?

IIRC only those who have been are entitled to 'Honourable'.

no, thats Right Honourable

 

[Sasaferrato]

no, thats Right Honourable

Correct. I have edited.

The 'honourable' is bullshit then, typical of Galloway.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Labour will be too clumsy and unsure of themselves to make any capital out of it. Expect a mild rebuke from Kieth followed by a bit of flagshagging because the proles love that shit.

I'm not sure, if the mood is of an angry electorate seeing Hancock's hypocrisy and Bojo's lack of action it could have an effect. Galloway is more a problem for Labour.

 

[PR1Berske]

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Asian women do not seem particularly keen on him

I'm not surprised. He's got a very 'some of my best friends are rapists' energy.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

That's interesting. Wonder who put those through.

 

[kenny g]

 

[tim]

Not much point in launching a disinformation campaign if even the young lad from GBNewts can rumble you.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

That's interesting. Wonder who put those through.

There's more potential suspects than a game of Cluedo.

 

[kenny g]

That's interesting. Wonder who put those through.

I reckon Hon Colonel Mustard.

 

[The39thStep]

George is going to have Paul’s coke stash robbed

 

[Jeff Robinson]

I reckon Hon Colonel Mustard.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Correct. I have edited.

The 'honourable' is bullshit then, typical of Galloway.

I think giving someone the right to be called 'honourable' solely on account of who their dad was is bullshit but that's just me.

 

[PR1Berske]

The good people of Batley and the Spenborough Valley really should not be subjected to this level of shit politics.

 

[chilango]

Saw Paul Mason was trending on Twitter. Had a quick look. Wish I hadn't.

Ugly stuff and shit politics on all sides.

 

[kenny g]

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Sure he would appreciate that on his tongue with his Nutella and banana sandwiches.

 

[PR1Berske]

Saw Paul Mason was trending on Twitter. Had a quick look. Wish I hadn't.

Ugly stuff and shit politics on all sides.

I hope that no byelection lands here for some time. They don't deserve this.