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Introducing David ‘London’ Lammy and John ‘Flashy’ Whittingdale

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Given that a horde of new MPs have recently descended on Parliament, it’s understandable that staff may have some difficulty remembering everyone’s name. Still, Mr S would have thought that any confusion could have been cleared up by simply looking to Hansard, which provides a report of proceedings of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. However, even Hansard appears to be struggling to keep up. According to Hansard, David Lammy’s middle name is London, while the new culture secretary is called John Flashy Whittingdale:
In reality, their middle names are Lindon and Flasby. Happily, these names were at least used for the Votes and Proceedings document:
Perhaps Lammy should consider changing his middle name to London. No doubt it would do wonders for his bid to be the next Mayor of London.

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