The fall of the Tory party

Braverman returns as Home Secretary, ffs.

Of course she does, just the fresh start we need

My mind is fried by all this shit but we’ve had this, haven’t we?

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Braverman returns as Home Secretary, ffs.

but, hang on, how? what?

The price of getting and keeping ERG onside perhaps.

Sunak was part of the cabinet that came up with the Rwanda idea, why is this a surprise?

Brings her on board so she can resign again when he also has to overrule her on immigration?

Can he at least get rid of our antibiotics-sabotaging Health Secretary?

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.

My wife and I don't have matching surnames and haven't found it a problem. I'm sometimes called Mr Wife but it doesn't really matter. We haven't had problems at borders and hotels don't usually give a damn!

Any Brazilian heritage?

No. Is that part of the world where one name is a thing? I'm sort of aware it happens sometimes but I don't know any examples.

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

But if a wife takes her husbands name the marriage certificate is the only paperwork needed. The other way it's deed poll time (not that that is especially difficult).

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)

This is so much better than making people learn their lastnames and have their own lookup table.

I don't believe that's the case any more. It was when I got married in 2016, so I left it, but I need to renew next year and it's no longer the case, marriage certificate is enough for men too.

Delighted to see the same old mendacious, inadequate, intellectually-challenged cunts returning to the cabinet. That'll show the electorate how good this Government is over and over again.

Just not quite 9 years ago.

You appear to be correct, Co-Op legal services say the process is the same for a man with key government departments, eg the passport office. I don't think it was when I got married last millennium but IANAL.

Coffey off Health and onto Defra.

But then who is going to get Health?

Steve Baker the Brexit Hardman gets Health

You are fucking kidding, no?

Steve Baker the Brexit Hardman gets Health

You mean Barclay, the former Boris arse wiper

You are, it’s Steve Barclay (who?) who’s been appointed Health Secretary.

Oh, thank god for that.

As you were.

Essentially isn't this how surnames started, Jeff (the) Baker, Steve (the) Smith, etc.

Bust

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