British Politicians Nicknames

[afleitch]

Some are easy (hell, most are), some well...try your hand

Beano
Beast of Bolsover
Billy Bandwagon
Bliar
Cap'n Bob
Chingford Skinhead
Dave Snooty
Fatty
Grey Man
Grocer
Hunky Dunky
Iron Lady
Magpie
Pantsdown
Prezza
Rosa Klebb
Shagger
Sunny Jim
Supermac
Tarzan
Welsh Windbag
Wislon

A suprisingly high number coined by the learned Private Eye There are countless more I've forgotten.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Know these:

Beast of Bolsover: Dennis Skinner
Billy Bandwagon: William Hague
Bliar: Tony Blair
Cap'n Bob: Robert Maxwell
Chingford Skinhead: Norman Tebbit
Grocer: The Death (re-arrange the letters...)
Iron Lady: Thatcher
Pantsdown: Paddy Ashdown
Prezza: John Prescott
Sunny Jim: Jim Callaghan
Supermac: Harold Macmillan
Tarzan: Michael Heseltine
Welsh Windbag: Neil Kinnock
Wislon: Harold Wilson, presumably

Think I know most of the others as well, but am tired.

Btw, where's "The Goat"?

[afleitch]

DLG I presume?

Some of the older ones are fantastic.

Balfour poor thing was known in school and at uni as 'Pretty Fanny' and the 'Lisping Hawthorn Bird.'

[Filuwaúrdjan]

DLG I presume?

But of course.

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Interesting person, Balfour. In his diary he used to draw little pictures of whips next to "appointments" with a female "friend" of his.

[Peter]

Beano - Boris Johnson
Dave Snooty - David Cameron surely?
Fatty - presumably the "One Man Food Mountain" Nicholas Soames
Grey Man - Honest John
Hunky Dunky - ?
Magpie - Most likely to be Alistair Darling, though I thought he was called Badger.
Rosa Klebb - Margaret Beckett
Shagger - Steven Norris

[Serenity Now]

Forget Paddy pants-down, what about Neil Kin-cock??

[GMantis]

What does wislon mean?