British mainland elected politicians I was familiar with before the age of 12:
Margaret Thatcher
Neil Kinnock
Geoffrey Howe
Douglas Hurd
John Major
Michael Heseltine
Nigel Lawson
Norman Lamont
Norman Tebbitt
Austin Mitchell
Roy Hattersley
Paddy Ashdown
Tony Benn
John Smith
Colin Moynihan
Peter Brooke
Tom King
Ian Gow (only posthumously)
David Owen
David Steel
Cecil Parkinson
The Mad Cow fella, John Gummer I think
Kenneth Baker (mainly through his Spitting Image puppet)
That’s some list. There’s only 4 or 5 I didn’t know
How could I forget Egg-wina Currie and the Salmonella scandal of circa November 1988.
Chris Mullin also through the Birmingham Six.
You always felt Rory bremners Michael heseltine was spot on
Stage Cork first names
Finbarr
Denis
Toddy
Teddy
Flor
Tim or Timmy or Tadhg
Jeremiah (Jerry or Miah)
Fachtna (West Cork)
Stage Kerry first names
Mossy
Mike
Micksie
Páid or Páidi or Paudie
Danno
Ned
Bingo
Gussy
Weeshie
Flossie
Tadhgie
