Well, the positive of todays announcement, is he doesn't bother to hide his world view. Voters can now see what the foreign policy of a Jezza government will be shaped by.
US: bad (period, no discussion) Russia: Good (period, no discussion)
The message I’m getting is that sexual assault doesn’t matter if it’s perpetrated by lefties.
Just to be clear, are you talking about Biden or Assange?
Addressing @AlastairMeeks's point, for non betting purposes, does it matter if UKIP/Brexit split the Brexit vote, or TIG/LD do the same on the other side of the fence? Going forward, we will know how motivated the different sides are from the combined vote %s. I don't think the number of seats obtained is really that important
I think that's quite a valid point, although the media narrative may focus more on seats.
Well, the positive of todays announcement, is he doesn't bother to hide his world view. Voters can now see what the foreign policy of a Jezza government will be shaped by.
US: bad (period, no discussion) Russia: Good (period, no discussion)
The message I’m getting is that sexual assault doesn’t matter if it’s perpetrated by lefties.
Reading At The Court of the Red Tsar, rape was plainly considered one of the perks of being a senior communist official.
Well, for Beria anyway.
Beria was not unique, by any means, even though he was the worst. He enjoyed murdering and torturing women, as well as raping them.
One of my A-level textbooks profiles the three heads of the NKVD in the thirties - Yagoda, Yezhov and Beria.
Yagoda's hobbies are said to include 'rock gardening and extreme pornography.'
Yezhov is described as a 'tension ridden drug addicted sexual deviant.'
Beria is described as the worst of the lot.
Rock gardening. Dreadful. Deviance of the worst sort. Unless the kayaking sort is intended.
Nowadays rock gardening is probably slang for some sort of extreme sexual activity.
Tried that. Kayaking around the rocks is included but nothing else. Tried to use my imagination, but it's not as vivid as Ydoethur's. (See earlier today)
Addressing @AlastairMeeks's point, for non betting purposes, does it matter if UKIP/Brexit split the Brexit vote, or TIG/LD do the same on the other side of the fence? Going forward, we will know how motivated the different sides are from the combined vote %s. I don't think the number of seats obtained is really that important
I think that's quite a valid point, although the media narrative may focus more on seats.
Cheers, yes I think that would be a mistake. Look how UKIP getting 13% was overlooked because it only got them one seat. Yet in hindsight all the signs were there that the referendum was going to be closer than predicted, people just looked at the wrong signs.
Well, the positive of todays announcement, is he doesn't bother to hide his world view. Voters can now see what the foreign policy of a Jezza government will be shaped by.
US: bad (period, no discussion) Russia: Good (period, no discussion)
The message I’m getting is that sexual assault doesn’t matter if it’s perpetrated by lefties.
Is that really news to you? I mean, the Islington children's home scandal should have demonstrated that.
the Socialist Workers Party is a group that is sexist, full of bullies, and above all will cover up rape to protect its male members and reputation.”
Well, the positive of todays announcement, is he doesn't bother to hide his world view. Voters can now see what the foreign policy of a Jezza government will be shaped by.
US: bad (period, no discussion) Russia: Good (period, no discussion)
The message I’m getting is that sexual assault doesn’t matter if it’s perpetrated by lefties.
Isn't Corbyn just talking about his extradition to the US? That's nothing to do with sexual assault.
Don't interrupt pb.com tories when they are on a moralising wank fest. Morris Dancer is on the vinegars.
If change UK and the Lib Dems cannot form some kind of alliance for the EU elections then they deserve to crash and burn at the next election. It would be a clear case of egos getting in the way and throwing away an opportunity to make a real impact in what will clearly be the next proxy referendum. So far though there doesn't seem to be much movement towards any alliance, mostly seems like the CUK side are reluctant to do so.
@Iain pointed out yesterday how difficult it would be to form a joint slate in the amount of available time but yes, there's a real risk that they just split the non-Labour pro-EU vote.
Because its members come from larger parties, I think CUK may be more arrogant and less experienced. The result with FPTP or d'Hondt can be oblivion. 6% of the EU vote doesn't mean several MEPs, it probably means none.
The Lib.Dems have harsh experience of being squashed by larger parties due to the unfairness of FPTP.
I'm surprised that the EU accepted this pathetic apology for PR. I think after the shock of the 1989 EU elections when the Greens got 15% and no seats it may have told the UK government that future EU voting had to be 'proportional'. This was the result.
The most proportionate system would be to treat the UK as a single constituency, so that 1.4% would be sufficient to win a seat.
The media will inevitably focus on seats as well as votes
No doubt, and seats are of course important.
But re the key question, "As a country are we now Leave, Remain, Neither?", the aggregate vote count will be the thing for us to look at.
Remain on a vote totalling basis. Seat by seat under FPTP ? Leave.
At present, I'd expect the pro-Leave parties to get 45-50%. I don't know if you can treat Labour as pro-Remain yet, although they're obviously moving in that direction.
I think it would be fair to say that @GOsborneGenius, the artiste formerly known as tim, is not entirely impressed with the Corbyn/Abbott/Milne line on Assange.
If change UK and the Lib Dems cannot form some kind of alliance for the EU elections then they deserve to crash and burn at the next election. It would be a clear case of egos getting in the way and throwing away an opportunity to make a real impact in what will clearly be the next proxy referendum. So far though there doesn't seem to be much movement towards any alliance, mostly seems like the CUK side are reluctant to do so.
@Iain pointed out yesterday how difficult it would be to form a joint slate in the amount of available time but yes, there's a real risk that they just split the non-Labour pro-EU vote.
Because its members come from larger parties, I think CUK may be more arrogant and less experienced. The result with FPTP or d'Hondt can be oblivion. 6% of the EU vote doesn't mean several MEPs, it probably means none.
The Lib.Dems have harsh experience of being squashed by larger parties due to the unfairness of FPTP.
I'm surprised that the EU accepted this pathetic apology for PR. I think after the shock of the 1989 EU elections when the Greens got 15% and no seats it may have told the UK government that future EU voting had to be 'proportional'. This was the result.
The most proportionate system would be to treat the UK as a single constituency, so that 1.4% would be sufficient to win a seat.
STV would be better with the current constituencies. You would still need to gain a minimum threshold of support before winning a seat, but parties with similar platforms get to have a contest decided by the voters to see which will win the transfers from the others.
D'Hondt is a really bad advert for PR as it concentrates power in the parties rather than the voters.
I hope you were listening to R4 this morning where you will have heard some of Shakespeare’s beautiful poetry from Richard II.
Fail to be moved by that and I question your Englishness.
Yes, he nailed Brexit.
"Of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, of epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth....
It is striking how England's greatest bard set so many of his plays in what is now the EU. Denmark, Venice, Verona, Rome, Cyprus, Greece. Its almost as if we have a common European culture going back for thousands of years.
Which means we must be part of a political union why?
Because Europe is our family.
And families require political union why? Are those not in the union not part of the European family? Do families all share the same level of connection?
I find it difficult to believe such saccharine nonsense is the reason people support the union. It may be the best thing for us all, but because 'it is our family' as though cultural connection requires political connection is bollocks.
I think it would be fair to say that @GOsborneGenius, the artiste formerly known as tim, is not entirely impressed with the Corbyn/Abbott/Milne line on Assange.
Great wit though he was the artiste formally known as Tim was always on the right of the Labour party -and that was before Corbyn moved the goalposts.
Well, the positive of todays announcement, is he doesn't bother to hide his world view. Voters can now see what the foreign policy of a Jezza government will be shaped by.
US: bad (period, no discussion) Russia: Good (period, no discussion)
The message I’m getting is that sexual assault doesn’t matter if it’s perpetrated by lefties.
Isn't Corbyn just talking about his extradition to the US? That's nothing to do with sexual assault.
Don't interrupt pb.com tories when they are on a moralising wank fest. Morris Dancer is on the vinegars.
And what exactly are the people salivating over American extradition as if that is all that matters doing if not indulging in a moralising wank fest? Look in the mirror once in a while.
If change UK and the Lib Dems cannot form some kind of alliance for the EU elections then they deserve to crash and burn at the next election. It would be a clear case of egos getting in the way and throwing away an opportunity to make a real impact in what will clearly be the next proxy referendum. So far though there doesn't seem to be much movement towards any alliance, mostly seems like the CUK side are reluctant to do so.
@Iain pointed out yesterday how difficult it would be to form a joint slate in the amount of available time but yes, there's a real risk that they just split the non-Labour pro-EU vote.
Because its members come from larger parties, I think CUK may be more arrogant and less experienced. The result with FPTP or d'Hondt can be oblivion. 6% of the EU vote doesn't mean several MEPs, it probably means none.
The Lib.Dems have harsh experience of being squashed by larger parties due to the unfairness of FPTP.
I'm surprised that the EU accepted this pathetic apology for PR. I think after the shock of the 1989 EU elections when the Greens got 15% and no seats it may have told the UK government that future EU voting had to be 'proportional'. This was the result.
The most proportionate system would be to treat the UK as a single constituency, so that 1.4% would be sufficient to win a seat.
Yes or one could have a mix of constituency and list MEPs. I'd accept that.
In 2014, PR would have led to 6 Green and 4 Lib.Dem MEPs, not resp. 3 and 1
There will be no news until the petition closes on 1st May and they count the petitioners - similar process to an election, with reporting restrictions in place until the official count.
There will be no news until the petition closes on 1st May and they count the petitioners - similar process to an election, with reporting restrictions in place until the official count.
I hope you were listening to R4 this morning where you will have heard some of Shakespeare’s beautiful poetry from Richard II.
Fail to be moved by that and I question your Englishness.
Yes, he nailed Brexit.
"Of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, of epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth....
It is striking how England's greatest bard set so many of his plays in what is now the EU. Denmark, Venice, Verona, Rome, Cyprus, Greece. Its almost as if we have a common European culture going back for thousands of years.
Which means we must be part of a political union why?
Because Europe is our family.
And families require political union why? Are those not in the union not part of the European family? Do families all share the same level of connection?
I find it difficult to believe such saccharine nonsense is the reason people support the union. It may be the best thing for us all, but because 'it is our family' as though cultural connection requires political connection is bollocks.
It's just a continental version of nationalism. Creating a power block that can get advantage over other blocks and the third world in trade and politically whilst internalizing the benefits. Nationalism without a single flag. Little Europeans are the new little Englanders.
I hope you were listening to R4 this morning where you will have heard some of Shakespeare’s beautiful poetry from Richard II.
Fail to be moved by that and I question your Englishness.
Yes, he nailed Brexit.
"Of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, of epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth....
It is striking how England's greatest bard set so many of his plays in what is now the EU. Denmark, Venice, Verona, Rome, Cyprus, Greece. Its almost as if we have a common European culture going back for thousands of years.
Which means we must be part of a political union why?
Because Europe is our family.
And families require political union why? Are those not in the union not part of the European family? Do families all share the same level of connection?
I find it difficult to believe such saccharine nonsense is the reason people support the union. It may be the best thing for us all, but because 'it is our family' as though cultural connection requires political connection is bollocks.
I think Foxy's point is more a rebuttal of the idea that we are a civilisation apart and therefore shouldn't be part of it. The @rcs1000 argument is that the EU is alright for them, but not for us.
The publication said that the article was clearly an opinion piece, and readers would understand that the statement was not invoking specific polling – no specific dates or polls were referenced. It said that the writer was entitled to make sweeping generalisations based on his opinions and that the complainant had misconstrued the purpose of the article; it was clearly comically polemical, and could not be reasonably read as a serious, empirical, in-depth analysis of hard factual matters.
In other words, the Telegraph agrees that Boris talks bollocks and everyone knows he talks bollocks.
The publication said that the article was clearly an opinion piece, and readers would understand that the statement was not invoking specific polling – no specific dates or polls were referenced. It said that the writer was entitled to make sweeping generalisations based on his opinions and that the complainant had misconstrued the purpose of the article; it was clearly comically polemical, and could not be reasonably read as a serious, empirical, in-depth analysis of hard factual matters.
In other words, the Telegraph agrees that Boris talks bollocks and everyone knows he talks bollocks.
Keen though I am to take Euro-elections seriously, not every party standing makes it easy. Here's a Euractiv report from Slovakia:
Slovak party “Sme rodina (We are family) – Boris Kollár” will join the Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF), a group led by Italy’s Salvini and France’s Le Pen. Polls give Sme rodina one or two MEPs in the next EU Parliament. The leader of the party, Boris Kollar, is a businessman and celebrity who bought an existing party, renamed it and surprisingly made it to the national parliament in 2016. He has 10 children with 9 women.
Gives a new look at the meaning of "family", doesn't it?
If change UK and the Lib Dems cannot form some kind of alliance for the EU elections then they deserve to crash and burn at the next election. It would be a clear case of egos getting in the way and throwing away an opportunity to make a real impact in what will clearly be the next proxy referendum. So far though there doesn't seem to be much movement towards any alliance, mostly seems like the CUK side are reluctant to do so.
@Iain pointed out yesterday how difficult it would be to form a joint slate in the amount of available time but yes, there's a real risk that they just split the non-Labour pro-EU vote.
Because its members come from larger parties, I think CUK may be more arrogant and less experienced. The result with FPTP or d'Hondt can be oblivion. 6% of the EU vote doesn't mean several MEPs, it probably means none.
The Lib.Dems have harsh experience of being squashed by larger parties due to the unfairness of FPTP.
I'm surprised that the EU accepted this pathetic apology for PR. I think after the shock of the 1989 EU elections when the Greens got 15% and no seats it may have told the UK government that future EU voting had to be 'proportional'. This was the result.
The most proportionate system would be to treat the UK as a single constituency, so that 1.4% would be sufficient to win a seat.
D'Hondt trends toward proportionality with a sole seat, but it would also be perfectly proportional with 20 million seats (1 for each voter). Obviously the latter is absurd, but it's an interesting theoretical point.
All change at Sky. Faisal Islam being replaced as pol editor by Beth Rigby.
She has the most irritating droney voice And with Kay Burley in charge of stupid questions for mad guests with odd views and Adam Boulton heading up hissy fits its all good down Murdoch Way.
All change at Sky. Faisal Islam being replaced as pol editor by Beth Rigby.
She has the most irritating droney voice And with Kay Burley in charge of stupid questions for mad guests with odd views and Adam Boulton heading up hissy fits its all good down Murdoch Way.
All change at Sky. Faisal Islam being replaced as pol editor by Beth Rigby.
She has the most irritating droney voice And with Kay Burley in charge of stupid questions for mad guests with odd views and Adam Boulton heading up hissy fits its all good down Murdoch Way.
Murdoch no longer owns Sky.
They still name the boulevards of Sky land after him. *saves*
Trouble is, in the USA exactly that thing - getting away with talking obvious bollox because "he's just like that, bit of a dick but, you know, at least he's different" - has been shown to work. And you know what they say, whatever is big the States hits our shores a couple of years later.
Sorry for this, especially on a Friday, but I feel it's my duty.
I hope you were listening to R4 this morning where you will have heard some of Shakespeare’s beautiful poetry from Richard II.
Fail to be moved by that and I question your Englishness.
Yes, he nailed Brexit.
"Of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms, of epitaphs; Make dust our paper, and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth....
It is striking how England's greatest bard set so many of his plays in what is now the EU. Denmark, Venice, Verona, Rome, Cyprus, Greece. Its almost as if we have a common European culture going back for thousands of years.
Which means we must be part of a political union why?
Because Europe is our family.
And families require political union why? Are those not in the union not part of the European family? Do families all share the same level of connection?
I find it difficult to believe such saccharine nonsense is the reason people support the union. It may be the best thing for us all, but because 'it is our family' as though cultural connection requires political connection is bollocks.
Post Brexit, the only European nation other than Russia and Belarus not in the EU, EFTA, Customs Union or applying to be one of the above will be the UK.
Economics and culture cannot be divorced from politics, because politics encompasses all human activity. Geography, History, Demography, Environment and Culture all determine that we are European, and weshould not cut ourselves off from our family and neighbours in addressing issues facing the continent.
That is not to say more remote areas are unimportant, just that Europe is the core of our culture and economy.
Farage doesn’t want Brexit and was overjoyed when the EU gave the 6 month extension . The only way to satisfy his large ego is to remain relevant and that means the UK staying .
Just spotted a freshly painted sky-blue open-topped double decker bus on the M25 saying "The Brexit Party. Changing Britain for Good."
You heard it here first! No sign of Farage or any other fellow passengers
Bunnco Your man on the spot
According to the Grauniad 'Nigel Farage has said he hopes his new Brexit party will be largely funded by small donations, and would not take any money from Arron Banks'
It's just a continental version of nationalism. Creating a power block that can get advantage over other blocks and the third world in trade and politically whilst internalizing the benefits. Nationalism without a single flag. Little Europeans are the new little Englanders.
There is also the not wholly reprehensible objective of rendering military conflict between European nations almost unthinkable.
I’m not likely to support Farage, but he is clearly not the career political class having had a job before getting into politics. I can’t be the only one who understands that as someone who’d done PPE at uni, worked at think tank / spad / union before becoming an MP.
According to the Grauniad 'Nigel Farage has said he hopes his new Brexit party will be largely funded by small donations, and would not take any money from Arron Banks'
Well he will certainly be getting a small donation from me. A very small donation indeed.
Is there a purdah period for the Euros or locals ? Time rules for TV should mean UKIP get plenty more coverage than the Brexit party I think. When does the short/long periods begin/end - are those even a thing ?
It's just a continental version of nationalism. Creating a power block that can get advantage over other blocks and the third world in trade and politically whilst internalizing the benefits. Nationalism without a single flag. Little Europeans are the new little Englanders.
There is also the not wholly reprehensible objective of rendering military conflict between European nations almost unthinkable.
There is that yes, that's the usual consequence of forming a power block, you look elsewhere for your conflicts
Farage doesn’t want Brexit and was overjoyed when the EU gave the 6 month extension . The only way to satisfy his large ego is to remain relevant and that means the UK staying .
Is there a purdah period for the Euros or locals ? Time rules for TV should mean UKIP get plenty more coverage than the Brexit party I think. When does the short/long periods begin/end - are those even a thing ?
I think purdah has effectively begun.
Kicked in for the locals last month. Then will recommence on the 3rd of May for the locals.
If we do end up with a GE, I wonder if that means a 9 party debate.... I suspect CHUK and TBP would have to be doing well in the polls to be allowed in.
Is there a purdah period for the Euros or locals ? Time rules for TV should mean UKIP get plenty more coverage than the Brexit party I think. When does the short/long periods begin/end - are those even a thing ?
I expect Farage will get far more publicity than Batten.
Farage party wants No Deal, although he wants to call it 'clean break'.
The Overton window of Brexit has moved from 'no one is talking about leaving the single market' to 'just get out with no deal and damn the economic chaos' in three years.
If we do end up with a GE, I wonder if that means a 9 party debate.... I suspect CHUK and TBP would have to be doing well in the polls to be allowed in.
SDP will want in too now they have Rod Liddle and the OFlynn. Tory, Lab, Lib Dem, Green, PC, SNP, UKIP, Brexit, SDP, ChUK, WEP and quick restore of Natural Law
Is there a purdah period for the Euros or locals ? Time rules for TV should mean UKIP get plenty more coverage than the Brexit party I think. When does the short/long periods begin/end - are those even a thing ?
I expect Farage will get far more publicity than Batten.
And that more publicity for Batten may end up helping Farage anyway...
Farage doesn’t want Brexit and was overjoyed when the EU gave the 6 month extension . The only way to satisfy his large ego is to remain relevant and that means the UK staying .
And his slogan is cynical and dishonest given the damage Brexit is doing
Is there a purdah period for the Euros or locals ? Time rules for TV should mean UKIP get plenty more coverage than the Brexit party I think. When does the short/long periods begin/end - are those even a thing ?
There is for the locals. Frankie Boyle was on his TV show last night, making jokes about having to write jokes about Vince Cable.
I’m not likely to support Farage, but he is clearly not the career political class having had a job before getting into politics. I can’t be the only one who understands that as someone who’d done PPE at uni, worked at think tank / spad / union before becoming an MP.
Your career politician definition rules out Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn (just) and Vince Cable, to name but three.
I’m not likely to support Farage, but he is clearly not the career political class having had a job before getting into politics. I can’t be the only one who understands that as someone who’d done PPE at uni, worked at think tank / spad / union before becoming an MP.
To be fair, and I'm never ever likely to vote for a Faragist party, I agree. He was reasonably well known in the City, especially on the Metals Exchange, before getting elected an MEP in 1999.
I’m not likely to support Farage, but he is clearly not the career political class having had a job before getting into politics. I can’t be the only one who understands that as someone who’d done PPE at uni, worked at think tank / spad / union before becoming an MP.
Your career politician definition rules out Theresa May, Jeremy Corbyn (just) and Vince Cable, to name but three.
Indeed. Especially Vince, who didn't get elected until he was in his 50's, although he'd stood several times before that.
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£750K in small donations.
But re the key question, "As a country are we now Leave, Remain, Neither?", the aggregate vote count will be the thing for us to look at.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/05/comrades-war-decline-and-fall-socialist-workers-party
ex-Labour Party memberPB Tory.https://twitter.com/SpaJw/status/1116608870049128448
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/politics/2019/04/11/political-column-april-11/?fbclid=IwAR2ur0OH6rrzK4anYKEI7tHtXKrwO9scj7LUkLlqKtohDYD6KqXXk00LMZc
D'Hondt is a really bad advert for PR as it concentrates power in the parties rather than the voters.
I find it difficult to believe such saccharine nonsense is the reason people support the union. It may be the best thing for us all, but because 'it is our family' as though cultural connection requires political connection is bollocks.
In 2014, PR would have led to 6 Green and 4 Lib.Dem MEPs, not resp. 3 and 1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/events/vote2014/eu-uk-results
Please assume I would have said something witty and insightful.
The publication said that the article was clearly an opinion piece, and readers would understand that the statement was not invoking specific polling – no specific dates or polls were referenced. It said that the writer was entitled to make sweeping generalisations based on his opinions and that the complainant had misconstrued the purpose of the article; it was clearly comically polemical, and could not be reasonably read as a serious, empirical, in-depth analysis of hard factual matters.
In other words, the Telegraph agrees that Boris talks bollocks and everyone knows he talks bollocks.
Slovak party “Sme rodina (We are family) – Boris Kollár” will join the Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF), a group led by Italy’s Salvini and France’s Le Pen. Polls give Sme rodina one or two MEPs in the next EU Parliament. The leader of the party, Boris Kollar, is a businessman and celebrity who bought an existing party, renamed it and surprisingly made it to the national parliament in 2016. He has 10 children with 9 women.
Gives a new look at the meaning of "family", doesn't it?
http://enormo-haddock.blogspot.com/2019/04/china-pre-qualifying-2019.html
And with Kay Burley in charge of stupid questions for mad guests with odd views and Adam Boulton heading up hissy fits its all good down Murdoch Way.
The Brexit Party will get endless PR by the ever hungry 24 hour news. And a permanent seat on QT.
Corbyn's heading up Labour, and Vince Cable the Liberal Democrats.
Are you suggesting more might defect?
Sorry for this, especially on a Friday, but I feel it's my duty.
Hopefully Farage remembers that.
You heard it here first! No sign of Farage or any other fellow passengers
Bunnco Your man on the spot
Economics and culture cannot be divorced from politics, because politics encompasses all human activity. Geography, History, Demography, Environment and Culture all determine that we are European, and weshould not cut ourselves off from our family and neighbours in addressing issues facing the continent.
That is not to say more remote areas are unimportant, just that Europe is the core of our culture and economy.
Farage doesn’t want Brexit and was overjoyed when the EU gave the 6 month extension . The only way to satisfy his large ego is to remain relevant and that means the UK staying .
When does the short/long periods begin/end - are those even a thing ?
Kicked in for the locals last month. Then will recommence on the 3rd of May for the locals.
The Overton window of Brexit has moved from 'no one is talking about leaving the single market' to 'just get out with no deal and damn the economic chaos' in three years.
Tory, Lab, Lib Dem, Green, PC, SNP, UKIP, Brexit, SDP, ChUK, WEP and quick restore of Natural Law
https://twitter.com/asabenn/status/1116655619438796800
Very boring suggestions.
I suggest Wiglaf, if a boy; Khaleesi if a girl.
Reminds me, my mother told me of some chap, maybe a Trump relative, who had a first or middle name Christ. I objected on the same basis.