Mr Awesome
That kind of nickname is usually given in a sarcastic sense.
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That’s ok; the blurred comment was sarcastic, so I think we’re good here 
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I remember the obituary of Screaming Lord Such in the paper like 15 years ago, and that was how I learned of the British Monster Raving Loony Party
Didnt realize they were still around. Cool. Lord Such seemed a hell of a lot more sane than the loonies running the UK right now
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Indeed. Dave Sutch may have been driven - and killed - by his manic-depression, but he genuinely served UK democracy well, not least as a safety-valve for protest votes.
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Different politician. You’re thinking of 'Ed Balls.
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Until, belatedly, they join the rest of their erstwhile peers in the Brexit Party Company
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Here in Texas we had a Governor (our 20th) named James Stephen “Big Jim” Hogg who, for reasons unknown, named his only daughter Ima. She might even have a statue somewhere on the UT campus.
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This, I predict, will rapidly derail into a funny names thread. I grew up with a dentist named Dick Head (an Aussie immigrant, maybe it means something else down under?) Worked with an ob-gyn named Dr. Payne and a FP named Dr. Life. I could go on, but shall now out now.
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His name only qualifies him for the slightly silly party, I think:
British Monster Raving Loony Party
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“Dickhead” is the quintessential Australian insult.
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Oh, that down under. 
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I thought that was a shorter word? 
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I once met a Claire hazard who worked in insurance, she thought it was hilarious.
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Ima doesn’t have a statue but James Hogg does — but it was removed and will be relocated. It was removed during the Confederate statue removals, not because he was a Confederate, but his statue would have been one remaining in the group after Lee, Johnston, and Reagan were removed, making that area look weird.
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“the far-right lunatics still in UKIP are fading into complete and utter irrelevance.”
Disagree - the ideologues are very much holding the reins. Upsetting.
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That one’s just as likely to be used as a term of endearment tho.
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Dick Army sez hi!
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Funny, I’m pretty sure the last person to lead UKIP was a dick brain as well…
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To be closely followed by Bell End
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