Objects named after politicians

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Absolutely hilarious blog by Gerald Warner

Gerald Warner said:

As we find ourselves teetering on the threshold of a general election (unless Gordon’s native caution prompts him either to defer nemesis until 3 June or to instruct the Mandelson/Campbell/Whelan axis to start drafting the Septennial Bill), it is an appropriate moment to contemplate the legacy of New Labour and its clones, the Vichy Tories of the Cameronian Party, in popular culture.

The ultimate achievement of a British politician is to donate his name to the English language as the essential epithet attached to an object. A Tory prime minister gave us the enduring legacy of the Wellington boot; a Liberal PM contributed the less long-lived Gladstone bag. It is interesting to try to predict (and here I need the active participation of readers) what objects will in future be named after our present generation of politicians.

I should like to start the ball rolling with a possible example of how our current politicians might feature in the everyday speech of the future:

“What’s that dreadful smell? Oh, no! Look at your shoe – you’ve trodden in some Mandelson…”

Any further thoughts?

A selection of the comments:-

The sum of £5000 should henceforth be known as a “Byers”.

She’s a complete Harman: determined to drive all men into the ground.

To renege on a commitment is to Lisbon.

A Byers market is one in which the shareholders get completely shafted.

Blair me up – sun tan oil that’s a bit too slippery.

Small indecisve group of usurpers = A Miliband

Straight arm jab at journalist = A Prescott

Now defunct military vehicle = An Ainsworth

Eton Mess the aftermath of a Cameron government?

[JMGS4]

A brown job i.e a total FUBAR

[Prof Beard]

We have all already got an object named after all politicians - an ahole...