Saturday, May 21, 2011

God, shave the queen!

It occurred to me that if David Norris makes it to Áras an Uachtaráin - which I sincerely hope he does - becoming the first openly-gay leader of a country in the world, should we address him as 'Mr Precedent?'

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  1. The Icelandic bet us to it with Johanna Sigurdardottir.

    Though he would be the first gay head of state I think?

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  2. Yes, I'm aware of Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, but she's the prime minister - not the leader, surely?

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  3. Maybe we can just call her Auntie Cedent ...

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  4. That she is. One of many things she and I have in common.

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