Arthur Elwen Cameron
Am I being oversensitive, or am I right to worry that Arthur is not such a good name to burden a child with? Does it work in the playground? Anyway, following the naming of Arthur Elwen Cameron, I feel moved to tell readers that my grandfather was called Arthur. He was a Tory too (am I making unwarranted assumptions about Young Arthur?) but not from an Old-Etonian background, but from the South Yorkshire (former) coal-mining village of Darfield in South Yorkshire. A Tory miner, eh. I feel this politician son-naming business is getting too close for comfort as I have a son called Leo. But, on the other hand, there is no one in my family called Donald. But then we know what happened to his father, don't we?
Update: I feel I need to point out, before any accusations start arriving in my direction, that I thought of Leo before TB did.
Update: I feel I need to point out, before any accusations start arriving in my direction, that I thought of Leo before TB did.
2 Comments:
It might be OK in th eplaygrounds of Eton.
Any where else at all, I would have to strongly counsel against.
A Tory in Darfield ! Blimey, times have changed.
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