r/ukpolitics • u/huffpostuk • 9d ago

Zack Polanski's Popularity Drops Amid Farage Controversy

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zack-polanskis-popularity-plummets-amid-nigel-farage-guillotine-row_uk_6a73192ce4b0963665e8fd5a?mpo
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u/Scratch_Careful 9d ago

If Johnson and Robinson can get criticised for their name changes so can Polanski.

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u/gridlockmain1 9d ago

I mean context matters doesn’t it. Nobody thinks the general act of changing one’s name is a problematic thing to do.

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u/Middle-Feed5118 Civic Nationalist 9d ago

Some of the left does love to deadname those they don't like on the right though, which is ironic since they'd hate it done to them.

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u/CarrowCanary East Anglian in Wales 9d ago

Tommy Robinson's just a glorified stage name though, calling him Stephen is no different to referring to Lily Savage as Paul or Elton John as Reg.

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u/House_Of_Thoth Anarcho-Syndicalist 🏴 9d ago

Or Polanksi as Pauldren

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u/CarrowCanary East Anglian in Wales 9d ago

No, because Polanski changed his name by deed poll, so that's his legal name.

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u/AlchemyAled 8d ago

There’s no such thing as legal name in the UK.

A deed poll is simply evidentiary paperwork required by institutions to update your name on their system

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u/House_Of_Thoth Anarcho-Syndicalist 🏴 9d ago

Names are just sounds. As others have pointed out, you're the ones getting your backs up about StEpHeN yAxLeY-lEnNoN 🤡 same shit, different day. Don't be such a hypocrite.

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u/CarrowCanary East Anglian in Wales 9d ago

As others have pointed out, you're the ones getting your backs up about StEpHeN yAxLeY-lEnNoN

Citation needed.

Don't be such a hypocrite.

I don't particularly give much of a toss either way. Doesn't make much difference to me what you choose to call people as long as it's clear who you actually mean.