Brexit, aka, the UK Becomes a Clown Car of the Highest Order

[spiffy]

um… no, he’s trolling the fools who believed him. Us remainers are just shrugging, might as well make a joke, it’s always been a joke. But if I was a Brexiteer losing his shirt, I’d be livid.

[Ginger_Yellow]

@scottagibson

Yes, that’s what political leaders are meant to do when faced with constituents suffering the results of their policies

They’re not his constituents. He represents a landlocked part of Somerset.

[Sabotai]

That guy is the poster boy of everything that is wrong with the Brexit politicians.

[draxen]

It’s just part of Moggs shtick. I recall reading somewhere than even his posh accent is a conscious affectation.

[Ginger_Yellow]

Everything about him is a conscious affectation. Look at what he called his fucking children:

Peter Theodore Alphege
Mary Anne Charlotte Emma
Thomas Wentworth Somerset Dunstan
Anselm Charles Fitzwilliam
Alfred Wulfric Leyson Pius
Sixtus Dominic Boniface Christopher

[scottagibson]

@Ginger_Yellow

They’re not his constituents. He represents a landlocked part of Somerset.

Yes, I didn’t mean Constituents in the specific sense of the word. I meant people for whom he bears some responsibility as a democratically elected government minister. ‘Citizens’ would have been better.

[rho21]

For anyone wondering, it’s pronounced approximately “Elf-high”.

[Freezer-TPF]

“I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved for the fishes. But not for you.”

[Thrag]

Wow. After knowing children have been saddled with those names, naming a boy Sue doesn’t seem so bad now.

[UtilityDogAK]

Is that in order of date of birth?

With the exception of the daughter whose names are normal, although 4 seems excessive, things seem to have got worse as we go down the list…

[Ginger_Yellow]

@Thrag

After knowing children have been saddled with those names, naming a boy Sue doesn’t seem so bad now.

I figure child no. 2 was his wife saying “Look, we’ve got to have at least one normal one”, and then she gave up.

[UtilityDogAK]

@Thrag

naming a boy Sue doesn’t seem so bad now.

Yes. Yes it does.

[rho21]

@Ginger_Yellow

@Thrag

After knowing children have been saddled with those names, naming a boy Sue doesn’t seem so bad now.

I figure child no. 2 was his wife saying “Look, we’ve got to have at least one normal one”, and then she gave up.

I was assuming he just didn’t care enough about his daughter. Would certainly fit his remit as the honourable member for the 18th century.

I suspect his wife’s influence was in ensuring every child has at least one normal name to fall back on (or normal shortened name, in the case of Alfred).

[Ginger_Yellow]

@rho21

I was assuming he just didn’t care enough about his daughter.

This is a distinct possibility. Otherwise she’d have been called something like Julian Hildegard Margery.

[Enidigm]

Someone needs to tell him what “fitz-” on a name means.

It might be fine to be passed down. Maybe not as a new name though.

[rho21]

@Enidigm

Someone needs to tell him what “fitz-” on a name means.

Actually maybe that was his wife’s contribution to that child’s name.

Apologies, that’s probably inappropriate. I feel only limited contrition for anything relating to Jacob Rees-Mogg though.

[fox.ferro]

So, uh, what does fitz- mean?

[PreachyPreach]

Recognised bastard.

[HumanTon]

@fox.ferro

So, uh, what does fitz- mean?

Son-of.

So Fitzwilliam = son of William etc.

Of course it very quickly became a given name that was handed down and did not in fact reflect parentage. So a Bob Fitzwilliam isn’t necessarily the son of a William any more than (say) Bob Johnson’s father’s name is John.

[PreachyPreach]

The really really twattish thing is that Sixtus doesn’t mean Sixth (that’s Sextus) and I’m sure I’ve seen him smugly point this out to hoi polloi like you and me.