uk politicians who have dropped their first names

[brogdale]

Who is that?

edit: seen the above.

Yep, the President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for International Trade.

 

[Fez909]

Yep, the President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for International Trade.

No one important then...

 

[strung out]

Ann Coffey of TIG/ChUK fame is Margaret

 

[tim]

Martin Luther King Jr was originally Michael King Jr. His dad changed both their names after being inspired by a trip to see the sights of the reformation in Germany. So a total name change, but a good move by his dad.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Mary

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I hate how obviously intentionally styled this photo is. Look important on phone, coffee on show (shit coffee too), picture with shaggy dog placed in shot. What the fuck is this meant to do, instil confidence, what

 

[Proper Tidy]

Also is she wearing two watches. This photo has inexplicably aggravated me

 

[Pickman's model]

Also is she wearing two watches. This photo has inexplicably aggravated me

one's doubtless a fitbit whatnot

 

[strung out]

I hate how obviously intentionally styled this photo is. Look important on phone, coffee on show (shit coffee too), picture with shaggy dog placed in shot. What the fuck is this meant to do, instil confidence, what

The phone cord being twisted around the table leg is quite aggravating too.

 

[Pickman's model]

The phone cord being twisted around the table leg is quite aggravating too.

yeh it should be round the neck

 

[Poi E]

A rare picture of antony from the days when he was still a lizard.

He's off his nut.

 

[Pickman's model]

I hate how obviously intentionally styled this photo is. Look important on phone, coffee on show (shit coffee too), picture with shaggy dog placed in shot. What the fuck is this meant to do, instil confidence, what

never mind the shit coffee, what about the shit carpet?

that's a waiting room of some sort, the combination of awful carpet and awful chairs.

 

[Proper Tidy]

never mind the shit coffee, what about the shit carpet?

that's a waiting room of some sort, the combination of awful carpet and awful chairs.

Posh office I reckon. My office has stained worn carpet and chairs that were reclaimed from the room all the broken stuff gets put in

 

[Pickman's model]

Posh office I reckon. My office has stained worn carpet and chairs that were reclaimed from the room all the broken stuff gets put in

something's going on there

that cord's supposed to be against the wall, it presents a trip hazard wandering off 18" or more from the wall. the only reason that's there is to give a vague impression it's supposed to be there when it's obviously draped there to show her in some sort of mock relaxed work environment. i hold by my belief it's a waiting room with the phone brought it purely for that shot

 

[Des Kinvig]

He's off his nut.

He most certainly is. Creepy, as well. Would you trust this man?

 

[Pickman's model]

He most certainly is. Creepy, as well. Would you trust this man?

without a doubt, to fuck you over

 

[krink]

A rare picture of antony from the days when he was still a lizard.

I want to mock-up an old "electric blue" video cover with this photo on it and the word 'labour' after 'blue' but I cba so just imagine it.

 

[isvicthere?]

James Gordon Brown

What a waste! He could have stepped up to the despatch box and said, "I wanna get into it, man!"

 

[Pickman's model]

A rare picture of antony from the days when he was still a lizard.

 

[ruffneck23]

Id trust the MAD fella more than that Blair twat

 

[Proper Tidy]

Id trust the MAD fella

You're in luck

 

[Combustible]

Is it something to do with being named after your father and then it's too confusing to have two Jameses in the one house?

If only that problem could have been forseen

 

[Gaia]

I reckon Gid added George cos Gideon is weird, and Boris dropped Alexander because it isn't.

And Johnson the Younger spelling Jo sans 'e' - what the fuck's that all about…?! If you didn't know who he was and saw his name written down you'd think he was a girl. Why'd he want people to think he was a girl…?! Fucking weirdo.

 

[Gaia]

John Vincent Cable
Paddy Ashdown's real name was Jeremy (he was given the nickname 'Paddy' at primary school because he was born in Northern Ireland, and it stuck).
Nick Raynsford, who was a minister in Blair's cabinet, has the real name Wyvill Richard Nicholls
Barbara Follett, a minister in Brown's cabinet has the first name Daphne (bit obscure, and she stepped down at the 2010 GE after an expenses scandal, but this list is a bit light on women)
I can't think of any more.

 

[JuanTwoThree]

Arthur Neville Chamberlain

 

[Gaia]

Enoch Powell was another James.

 

[Pickman's model]

And Johnson the Younger spelling Jo sans 'e' - what the fuck's that all about…?! If you didn't know who he was and saw his name written down you'd think he was a girl. Why'd he want people to think he was a girl…?! Fucking weirdo.

What's wrong with being thought a girl?

 

[Gaia]

What's wrong with being thought a girl?

Nothing, obviously, but Joseph Edmund Johnson doesn't really strike me as someone who'd want to be. Oh I dunno, just stop being such an arse, PM. Miserable fucker.

 

[Pickman's model]

Nothing, obviously, but Joseph Edmund Johnson doesn't really strike me as someone who'd want to be. Oh I dunno, just stop being such an arse, PM. Miserable fucker.

Touched a nerve I see

 

[Teaboy]

Also is she wearing two watches. This photo has inexplicably aggravated me

Having encountered her before I suspect reading a clock is far beyond her capabilities. The second one is a cheapo Argos (does Elizabeth Duke still exist?) digital watch so she actually knows what the time is.

 

[brogdale]

Also is she wearing two watches. This photo has inexplicably aggravated me

The tinterwebs loved messing with the pic, though...