Double-barrelled names may be too posh for David Cameron, but what about the rest of us?
Source: The Guardian >> Read Full Article
Annunciata Rees-Mogg. Photograph: Dominic O’Neill
David Cameron’s latest ruse to convince the public that his party isn’t riddled with toffs is apparently to get parliamentary candidates with double-barrelled surnames to drop one of their barrels. The candidate for Somerton and Frome, Annunziata Rees-Mogg, has recounted to the Mail on Sunday how Cameron blithely suggested at a party fundraiser that she shorten her name to Nancy Mogg.
Cameron’s camp now claim he was only joking, but when you consider that fellow Tories Simon Radford-Kirby and Scott Seaman-Digby have dropped Radford and Seamen respectively, this doesn’t quite wash.
I never thought I would have anything in common with the Conservativesbut, embarassingly, I too have dropped half of my surname. Professionally, I am Amy Fleming, but in the world of bank statements and driver’s licences I remain Amy Hamilton Fleming (no hyphen, no idea why).
My reasons? The full name was irritatingly unwieldy and it misrepresented me as a Tory toff. It dates back to my paternal great grandparents, who were, admittedly, fairly posh. But never having met them, and with a mother of working-class stock, it didn’t feel like me … Continue Reading
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