Brexit and the waning days of the United Kingdom

[garbon]

The father prefers to be known as Harry rather than Henry, so it is not all that surprising that he would not burden his child with a more formal name.

His mother does have a name that could be shortened.

[crazy canuck]

The father prefers to be known as Harry rather than Henry, so it is not all that surprising that he would not burden his child with a more formal name.

His mother does have a name that could be shortened.

This is a boy 

[Tamas]

The father prefers to be known as Harry rather than Henry, so it is not all that surprising that he would not burden his child with a more formal name.

His mother does have a name that could be shortened.

This is a boy 

Stop boxing the baby in to preconceived notions of gender roles! 

[HVC]

The father prefers to be known as Harry rather than Henry, so it is not all that surprising that he would not burden his child with a more formal name.

His mother does have a name that could be shortened.

This is a boy 

Could have named him Han

[garbon]

The father prefers to be known as Harry rather than Henry, so it is not all that surprising that he would not burden his child with a more formal name.

His mother does have a name that could be shortened.

This is a boy 

So the father is the one that has the say?

[Valmy]

I will only ever refer to him as Citizen Archibald.

[crazy canuck]

The father prefers to be known as Harry rather than Henry, so it is not all that surprising that he would not burden his child with a more formal name.

His mother does have a name that could be shortened.

This is a boy 

So the father is the one that has the say?

Why would that be.

[garbon]

Oh I get it. You were saying he shouldn't be called Meg. :

[crazy canuck]

Try again.  I am sure you will get there.

[garbon]

Nope, I've no idea what the gender has to do with it.

[crazy canuck]

I had such high hopes for you too.

[Barrister]

I have three kids, all with names that could easily be shortened.

Timothy is 95% of the time called Tim.  His mother and I are the only ones who call him Timothy, and even then not usually.

Andrew though is always Andrew.  Never Andy or Drew.

And Joshua is about 50/50 between Josh and Joshua.

I have no idea how that works - I guess there's no real rule when it comes to names.

[Tamas]

Corbyn seeks to make Euro elections about social justice, not Brexit, as he launches Labour campaign

I mean, obviously the biggest impact a MEP can make is domestic social policy, especially with Brexit pending.


The only question is whether Corbyn is an indecisive idiot, or is actively working to prevent any solution emerging, so a no deal crash that's not his fault can be orchestrated?

Tyr?

[Tamas]

Good comment I've seen:

Hope people see how UK is being pushed from pillar to post, by China and the US, on Huawei issue. We can look forward to much more of this, once outside the protection of our EU partnership and desperate for trade deals. This is what "sovereignty" looks like in a world of giants.

[Maladict]

Good comment I've seen:

Hope people see how UK is being pushed from pillar to post, by China and the US, on Huawei issue. We can look forward to much more of this, once outside the protection of our EU partnership and desperate for trade deals. This is what "sovereignty" looks like in a world of giants.

But, but... the special relationship!