Lupanine does have a nice sound to it. It might not make as many people laugh as naming a hamster after a toxic pesticide, but aesthetically, I like it.
Nyuki definitely appeals. It's Swahili for "bee" so will always please me. The trouble is that a colleague at work has a dog called Yuki, so it might look like I'm copying her! (The dog is fantastic...utterly, utterly stupid but very cute.)
And yes, it was astonishing...when everyone from almost any field: history, science, medicine, engineering, economics, business, agriculture - were all pretty much unanimously saying, "No, that's ridiculous," and yet the UK STILL voted out. And now the rise in race hate crimes is horrifying. Especially the utter ignorance associated with it. People of African and South Asian (including UK citizens of African/Asian ancestry who have lived in the UK all their lives) are being abused in the street and being told, "Go home!", when their immigration status has nothing to do with the EU and in many cases they are UK citizens. I understand some Commonwealth citizens and their families voted out in the hope that it would see an easing of immigration restrictions for Commonwealth citizens, but all that's happened is that the latent xenophobia of some sections of the country has bubbled up and been directed at anyone who doesn't look British-Anglo-Saxon-back-20-generations. And in practice, the number of people entering the UK
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Thanks. I'm a bit demoralised as well by the fact that my local MP is completely unrepresentative of my views, having supported Brexit and having a long track record for voting in whichever way he regards as most beneficial to his career at the time. It means I don't really see a great deal of point lobbying him on almost anything, as it has no discernible effect.
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Also, I'm partial to "Lupanine" (although maybe "Nyuki" is more enismirdalish?).
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Nyuki definitely appeals. It's Swahili for "bee" so will always please me. The trouble is that a colleague at work has a dog called Yuki, so it might look like I'm copying her! (The dog is fantastic...utterly, utterly stupid but very cute.)
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Also, I'm sorry about the results of the referendum. Never underestimate the power of fear-mongering!
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And yes, it was astonishing...when everyone from almost any field: history, science, medicine, engineering, economics, business, agriculture - were all pretty much unanimously saying, "No, that's ridiculous," and yet the UK STILL voted out. And now the rise in race hate crimes is horrifying. Especially the utter ignorance associated with it. People of African and South Asian (including UK citizens of African/Asian ancestry who have lived in the UK all their lives) are being abused in the street and being told, "Go home!", when their immigration status has nothing to do with the EU and in many cases they are UK citizens. I understand some Commonwealth citizens and their families voted out in the hope that it would see an easing of immigration restrictions for Commonwealth citizens, but all that's happened is that the latent xenophobia of some sections of the country has bubbled up and been directed at anyone who doesn't look British-Anglo-Saxon-back-20-generations. And in practice, the number of people entering the UK ( ... )
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Also, keep campaigning and working for Remain - the struggle is far from over, and people who say otherwise are talking rot.
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But a hamster will cheer me up.
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