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A Proper Socialist (Labour) name

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Teetime Thu 13-Jul-17 09:19:39

In response to a request on the Proper Tory Name thread here are the 'rules/guidance' for a Proper Labour Name.

Use an Uncle/Aunt name for the forename, then hyphenate the name of your primary school with the name of the nearest park to you.
Here's mine

Maud Leytonstone-Wilton (dare I say that sounds Tory without being shot down in flames this is meant to be fun after all).

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gillybob Thu 13-Jul-17 09:28:01

Dorothy Temple-Marine

How much more Labour could you get ?

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Jalima1108 Thu 13-Jul-17 09:38:44

smile

Tom Corporation-Castle

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shysal Thu 13-Jul-17 09:43:40

Nancy Cranescourt-Shotover.

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ninathenana Thu 13-Jul-17 09:46:46

Muriel Westminster-Barton

Sounds a bit Tory to me grin

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hildajenniJ Thu 13-Jul-17 09:49:18

Betty Brampton-Sele

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Anniebach Thu 13-Jul-17 09:52:53

Benjamin Pantglas-Canal

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kittylester Thu 13-Jul-17 09:56:37

Mine is Edith Repton-King-George.

I reckon I'm really landed gentry!!

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Jalima1108 Thu 13-Jul-17 09:57:15

I suppose mine should be 'Thomas' but Tom sounds more down-to-earth, old-fashioned Labour!

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varian Thu 13-Jul-17 09:58:27

Do socialists like hyphenated names? After all Anthony Wedgewood-Benn changed his.

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Cherrytree59 Thu 13-Jul-17 10:00:45

Rose Springs - Chase

Think this one might be one for the Greenssmile

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tanith Thu 13-Jul-17 10:08:16

Gwlythyn Carlton-Vale

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Jalima1108 Thu 13-Jul-17 10:08:52

varian and Andrew-Drummond-Murray of Matrick is now just Andrew Murray.

Tony Benn was Viscount Stansgate and renounced it to become an MP.
Perhaps they think double-barrelled names makes them sound privileged, although when my friend was teaching in an under-privileged area she said she had never before come across so many children with double-barrelled names.

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TerriBull Thu 13-Jul-17 10:09:28

Jeremy Borrows A Lott somehow wandered over to the Tory thread along with colleagues Mark Zist-Mann and Lettuce Gow Bank-Kruppt. Lettuce is a popular name it seems in this party as there is also Lettuce Havitt-Hall.

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Jalima1108 Thu 13-Jul-17 10:11:21

I must be having a dense day as I had to say Mark Zist-Mann half a dozen times before I got it
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varian Thu 13-Jul-17 10:20:22

When we were young double barrelled names were definitely posh jalima but now they ard more likely to indicate parents who were unmarried or in serial relationships so pretty common amongst the common folk!

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TerriBull Thu 13-Jul-17 10:21:41

Jalima he was plain old Mark Zist but increasingly of late has suffered from double barrel envy so added the Mann. What's a socialist without their hyphen sad just ask Rebecca Long-Bailey.

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Jalima1108 Thu 13-Jul-17 10:24:05

varian yes, that's why there were more double-barrelled children there apparently!

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mcem Thu 13-Jul-17 10:30:21

My daughter and her wife use both surnames with no hyphen though a couple they know do hyphenate.
Another group to consider who are neither 'posh' nor 'common'!!!

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