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Post by gwynthegriff on Aug 8, 2020 20:19:31 GMT
Of course, some places have a remarkable choice.
Thinking of places like Pontrhydyfen (Aberavon?) which produced Ivor Emmanuel and Richard Burton or Cilfynydd which produced, from one street - William Street - two opera greats and a cabinet minister!
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Post by Harry Hayfield on Aug 8, 2020 20:24:25 GMT
For Bootle, I'd choose Everett. Kenny Everett was born in Seaforth, and even though he was a Tory, he was a genius. "Let's kick Michael Foot's stick away!" |
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Post by timmullen1 on Aug 8, 2020 20:24:36 GMT
Doubt you'll get away with naming a constituency after a shady far right politician. May as well call Belfast West "Sands" or "Adams" if going down that route. For South, could go with the people's champion: Higgins, but less controversial would be either Thomson or Kelvin for Baron Kelvin. North can be "Carson." Whether Frank or Edward can be left deliberately ambiguous to annoy everyone. If you wanted to annoy nationalists there more than calling it after Edward Carson, Herzog for the former Israeli president will do. East has many possibles. Bell for the physicist, Lewis for the writer, Blanchflower if going for a footballer (shamefully, the local airport is already named after a wife beating alco) I think the purpose of using Bradford is to cause maximum confusion. I donβt think it would incur much expense if piggybacked on to a traditional boundary review. Whilst more geographic than Australia the review pre-97 expanding to 659 necessitated a lot of new names. |
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Post by π΄ββ οΈ Neath West π΄ββ οΈ on Aug 8, 2020 21:02:29 GMT
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Post by manchesterman on Aug 8, 2020 21:11:19 GMT
If it's confusion you want  How about: Guildford becoming Guildford North (after Lord North PM , the 2nd Earl of Guildford) Could also have Ashford Northeast (after Kent & Hants cricketer Sam Northeast who was born there!) One of the Bradford seats could be Bradford West [after Timothy West who was apparently born there, but it would be even more fun if he were born in Bradford East or South, so that for example the current Bradford East seat could become Bradford West]  |
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Post by gwynthegriff on Aug 8, 2020 21:16:47 GMT
Arfon could be "Cofis ac How Gets, 'de" Cofis - the good folk of Caernarfon How Gets - the citizens of Bethesda 'de - the word with which Bangor people close every sentence. Sorted! |
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Post by Arthur Figgis on Aug 8, 2020 21:37:32 GMT
Call it Ivor then, and it could double up for Ivor the Engine. |
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Post by π΄ββ οΈ Neath West π΄ββ οΈ on Aug 8, 2020 21:42:28 GMT
Of course, some places have a remarkable choice. Thinking of places like Pontrhydyfen (Aberavon?) which produced Ivor Emmanuel and Richard Burton or Cilfynydd which produced, from one street - William Street - two opera greats and a cabinet minister! Burton would be another good one for maximum confusion. (Disappointed that my obscure buried reference to the Viscount Rhondda of Llanwern was clearly too obscure and buried.) |
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Post by π΄ββ οΈ Neath West π΄ββ οΈ on Aug 8, 2020 21:44:09 GMT
If it's confusion you want How about: Guildford becoming Guildford North (after Lord North PM , the 2nd Earl of Guildford) Could also have Ashford Northeast (after Kent & Hants cricketer Sam Northeast who was born there!) One of the Bradford seats could be Bradford West [after Timothy West who was apparently born there, but it would be even more fun if he were born in Bradford East or South, so that for example the current Bradford East seat could become Bradford West] It's a shame that Guildford doesn't have multiple divisions. Then they could be North West, North North East, North South West, and so on... |
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Post by DavΔ±d Boothroyd on Aug 8, 2020 21:52:38 GMT
If Guildford becomes North, then Reading East could be South (after churchman Robert South).Gloucester would have to be West.
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 8, 2020 21:59:31 GMT
Maidenhead should be Spencer, Wycombe Dashwood, of Hell Fire Club fame,. Aylesbury can be Otway, and Beaconsfield, Blyton. No pitchforks, but you might get headbutts. |
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Post by finsobruce on Aug 8, 2020 22:03:00 GMT
South Swindon could be named after Diana Doors, but using her actual name. Can't see any problems with calling it Fluck. Diana Doors had her knockers though. |
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Post by Andrew_S on Aug 8, 2020 22:30:37 GMT
Surprised that no-one's suggested naming Wolverhampton South West "Powell".  |
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Post by johnloony on Aug 8, 2020 22:34:44 GMT
I am beginning to think that we could have a system of using names like Phillips, Woodwar, Skandar, Pettyfer, Radcliffe, and so on
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Post by gwynthegriff on Aug 8, 2020 22:38:51 GMT
I am beginning to think that we could have a system of using names like Phillips, Woodwar, Skandar, Pettyfer, Radcliffe, and so on Don't you be bringing your WAAAAAGGHHH stuff onto this thread too. |
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Post by Andrew_S on Aug 9, 2020 10:50:57 GMT
You could name every constituency after the longest-serving member for the seat, excluding currently sitting MPs.
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Post by carlton43 on Aug 9, 2020 11:03:00 GMT
Illustrating how quackers this proposal is. Wouldn't changing all these names be expensive? Who would meet the bill? Anser please! (I'm quite proud of that last one) Why? You are only really dabbling with the subject. |
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Post by Sibboleth on Aug 9, 2020 14:10:48 GMT
Crewe & Nantwich is a tricky one. The obvious course might be to go for a Crewe railway engineer, but - apart from being obvious - they tend to fall into three categories, none of which fit the bill: Trained in Crewe but excelled elsewhere e.g. Gresley Excelled in Crewe but trained elsewhere e.g. Stanier Were ****s e.g. Webb So I'll offer 3 Nantwich nominees: Admiral Beatty "Monkey" Hornby, one of only two men to have captained England at both rugby and cricket, and captain for the Test which led to the Ashes The herbalist Gerard (It's just struck me that Hornby is buried in Acton, so he may be a better fit for Eddisbury) So Gerard it is then. The Gawain Poet was from the general area (within the boundaries of the constituency or not? No idea, but it barely matters), so we have better options. |
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Post by Delighted Of Tunbridge Wells on Aug 9, 2020 15:29:20 GMT
Reading East - Palmer or perhaps Mikardo if Palmer is not acceptable. I would love to name it after Lorenzo Quelch, a key figure in the early figure of Reading's TUC,but I'm not sure enough people know who he is ;(. Reading West - Blagrave,after the family who owned what is now the Mansion House in Prospect Park,which is a prominent viewpoint close to the middle of the seat. Henley - Gainsborough. Newbury - Walcott. Maidenhead - I don't think anyone would object to Winton. Wokingham - Young, for multiple reasons. Given your choices for Reading East and West, surely Newbury should be Benyon constituency. Why Young for Wokingham? I'd call it California just to confuse people. Benyon was a MP recently,and I'd like to make sure that the names are not open to accusation of being politically motivated. Young because there was a MP with that surname in the past and because Will Young was born then. California is a rather obscure reference π. |
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Post by Defenestrated Fipplebox on Aug 9, 2020 16:39:51 GMT
You could name every constituency after the longest-serving member for the seat, excluding currently sitting MPs.
No thanks, you would end up with too many named after non entity low quality MPs who just lasted because it was a safe seat for their party.
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How about: 
