The fall of the Tory party

Interesting knightly company you've given Keir Starmer there

Convention is to call knighted men Sir Firstname

And yet everyone calls Sir Keir 'Starmer'!

He sounds like Richard Ayoade has been asked to play it straight.

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It certainly does Mr. Hefty.

I'd like to drop my surname and, legally, just have a first name. For me firstname.lastname is far from unique and there are better situation specific ways to disambiguate firstname when there is a clash, eg at work. Sadly UK paperwork doesn't allow it.

Also lastname remains horrible patriarchal bullshit in my mind. I'm amazed so many women continue to take their husbands name on marriage.

Also lastname remains horrible patriarchal bullshit in my mind. I'm amazed so many women continue to take their husbands name on marriage.

Often it is easier, especially with children involved. Or, to put it the other way, keeping a maiden name can introduce a whole load of difficulties.

Various friends have children with different surnames to a parent and it's a considerable pain in the arse at various borders/hotels/etc.

Using a shortened first name is tricky enough for me. My birth certificate and health records don't match my passport/driving-license/etc which is fine most of the time but causes problems with Covid/travel related things.

P.S. Fuck the Tories.

^Snap, I had significant delays at the Israeli border due to my name, although mine is the same on all official documentation. The final border guard just kept asking "why do you have four names? Why? Why can this be?"

That might just be the general "trying to exit Israel" experience - all be it for me it tends to be an endless interrogation of why I have a stamp in my passport from 10 years ago that I don't remember the specific recorded dates of entry and exit for...

I'd like to drop my surname and, legally, just have a first name. For me firstname.lastname is far from unique and there are better situation specific ways to disambiguate firstname when there is a clash, eg at work. Sadly UK paperwork doesn't allow it.

Any Brazilian heritage?

I'd like to drop my surname and, legally, just have a first name

As in Beyonce / Cher / Zendaya / Liberace?

Prince surely had it right when he changed to symbol? We're all Symbols. Or Cymbals.

Seems like a pretty practical solution documenting property transfer from a father to a husband.

If you've got a basic knowledge of contract law it's quite interesting/scary to listen to the words in any trad ceremony from that perspective.

I'd like to drop my surname and, legally, just have a first name

perhaps doesn't work so well if like me, you have a standard popular name from the 1970s, along with about five others in your school year

We're all Symbols. Or Cymbals.

https://youtu.be/6zXDo4dL7SU

Just to point out that either partner can change their name when they marry.

P.P.S. Fuck the Tories

David Watts?

I wish I could be like...

We have 4 Olivers in a sports club of 50 members, so we have nicknamed them to best differentiate them in coversation:

Tall Oli
Spanish Oli
Fit Oli
Baby* Oli (not ratified yet)

no, i am a dull and simple lad

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Isn't just that a woman can do it FOC but a man has to pay? Or did I hear that wrong? Not that it would be a strong enough deterrent for a couple wanting to do it that way, but if it's correct it's a baked in aspect of patriarchy.

When my wife went to her consulate after we got married to update her paperwork, she was informed that her new name was Mrs [Father’s Surname] [Mother’s Surname] de [Rodan]. She was taken aback that she didn’t have a choice, but it’s standard for some South American countries.

Originally The Kinks though!

Have a 'Ray Davies, really showing your age' badge, level 2.