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Boaty Mc Volte Face?
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http:// www.bbc .co.uk/ news/sc ience-e nvironm ent-362 16392
should the authorities honour the favorite of the public vote?
should the authorities honour the favorite of the public vote?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.//Jo Johnson is brother of the more famous Boris, so I suppose it runs in the family.//
//A website inviting suggestions attracted huge interest, with "Boaty McBoatface" being the big favourite.
But science minister Jo Johnson is reportedly cool on the idea.
He has said there are "more suitable" names.//
So Johnson was in favour of a more serious name. Sensible like his brother, but obviously not pompous enough for some. Still we can still carry on calling it Boaty McBoatface , especially if it annoys the self appointed thought police.
//A website inviting suggestions attracted huge interest, with "Boaty McBoatface" being the big favourite.
But science minister Jo Johnson is reportedly cool on the idea.
He has said there are "more suitable" names.//
So Johnson was in favour of a more serious name. Sensible like his brother, but obviously not pompous enough for some. Still we can still carry on calling it Boaty McBoatface , especially if it annoys the self appointed thought police.
Togo, Jo is a lot more sensible than Boris. (For one thing, he held a proper journalist job for years; Boris was fired by The Times for making things up.) But it wasn't sensible to call for a public vote in the first place because now he's had to say, er, well, we didn't actually mean it. Trust the public or don't trust the public, whatever; but wise politicians dont' paint themselves into a corner like that.
There's now a petition (light-hearted) to get Sir David Attenborough to change his name to Boaty McBoatface
http:// metro.c o.uk/20 16/05/0 6/petit ion-lau nched-f or-sir- david-a ttenbor ough-to -change -his-na me-to-b oaty-mc boatfac e-58648 57/
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