Mayite

In the House of Commons, Mayites are few in number. Beyond the tight circle of her husband Philip and her two indispensable advisers, Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill, no one seems certain about what makes May tick.

2017 February 10, Sebastian Payne, “Who is Theresa May? In pursuit of a very private prime minster”, in Financial Times:

(UK politics) A political supporter of Theresa May (born 1943), British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister from 2016 to 2019.


Mayite

Immediately, Johnson slipped back into the old British policy, announcing that despite furious opposition from the U.S., the U.K. would allow Huawei to play a part in Britain’s 5G rollout. It was, in essence, a continuation of the Mayite policy—which itself was little more than a continuation of the cautious engagement that had been in place for decades.

2022 August 2, Tom McTague, “Why Britain Changed Its China Stance”, in The Atlantic:

(UK politics) Of or relating to the government, policies, or supporters of Theresa May.


Trussite

There are the Trussites, hovering over her Instagram posts in political adoration, and then there are others who consider her a menace who is about to be made Prime Minister in a sinister conspiracy by Brexiteers.

2022 May 11, George Trefgarne, “In defence of Liz Truss’s retro economics”, in The Spectator:

(UK politics, neologism) A political supporter of Liz Truss (born 1975), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister in September–October 2022.


No 11

Coordinate term: No 10

Government sources, however, continued to brief that No 10 and No 11 were considering bringing the date forward.

2022 October 4, “Truss government in chaos amid budget confusion and coup accusations”, in The Guardian:

11 Downing Street
11 Downing Street#English

(UK politics) Synonym of 11 Downing Street.


OBR

Mel Stride, the Conservative chair of the Treasury committee, has called for the OBR forecasts to be published immediately and the government’s plans to be brought forward to the end of October, before the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets to consider interest rates.

Office for Budget Responsibility
w:Office for Budget Responsibility

(UK politics) Initialism of Office for Budget Responsibility.


heptarchia

heptarchia (nominative singular)
heptarchii (genitive singular)
heptarchii (dative singular)
heptarchię (accusative singular)
heptarchią (instrumental singular)
heptarchii (locative singular)
heptarchio (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin heptarchia, from Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “hepta-: seven”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”).

der

(historical) heptarchy (group of seven states, especially those in Anglo-Saxon Britain)


Trussonomics

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Trussonomics.

(UK politics, economics, neologism) The economic policies and theories of former UK prime minister Liz Truss.


ministerial code

en-noun

ministerial code (usually uncountable, plural ministerial codes)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ministerial code.

(UK politics) A code of conduct for government ministers in the United Kingdom.


Singapore-on-the-Thames

(UK politics, economics) Alternative form of Singapore-on-Thames


Sunakism

This is Sunakism: a belief that it’s suicidal for any government to depend on high borrowing and low interest rates, because those rates could surge at any time.

2020 December 19, Katy Balls, Fraser Nelson, “‘It’s not morally right to keep borrowing at these levels’: Rishi Sunak’s plan to fix the UK economy”, in The Spectator:

But for the time being, it feels as though Johnsonism – with its infrastructure spending and red wall handouts – is winning out over whatever Sunakism might turn out to be.

2021 October 27, Heather Stewart, “Johnsonism wins budget battle but will Sunakism win the war?”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) The political philosophy associated with Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024.


Sunakite

This is stupid politics from the Sunakites. It is akin to being 4-0 down in a football match in injury time and instead of accepting defeat gracefully going around elbowing opponents in the face and performing leg-breaking tackles.

2022 August 10, Patrick O'Flynn, “Why Rishi Sunak shouldn’t quit”, in The Spectator:

(UK politics, neologism) A political supporter of Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024.


Sunakite

My view is that Truss will be forced to adopt those Sunakite, overwhelmingly statist policies anyway, because the alternative is mass penury. The first test of her skill will be how she presents the emergency measures as something she, as a conviction politician, believed in all along.

2022 August 21, John Rentoul, “Why Truss could be a successful prime minister”, in Gulf Today:

(UK politics) Of or relating to the government, policies, or supporters of Rishi Sunak.


Brexitish

en-adj

Brexitish (comparative more Brexitish, superlative most Brexitish)

more Brexitish (comparative)
most Brexitish (superlative)

The Brexitish notion that nation states can just withdraw from the rest of the world and wall in their own production is a cultural fantasy as delusional as any who punch “Australia first!”, “America first!”, “Britain first!” statements into the keypad of a Chinese-assembled mobile phone.

2017 May 1, Van Badham, “Worker exploitation: without an international minimum wage, we're all worth 10 bucks”, in The Guardian:

(UK, informal) Resembling or characteristic of Brexit, or the attitudes thought to underlie it.


Brexitism

As one who was an economic migrant, who migrated under the opportunities of the EU prior to Brexitism, I thought he'd be sympathetic.

2018, John Kinsella, Russell West-Pavlov, Temporariness: On the Imperatives of Place, page 239:

However, the work of Buck and Meiners (2017) is being threatened by the continuing obsession with segregative nativism in Western society, which has manifested itself in Trumpism and Brexitism (Rowe et al. 2018).

2019, Alfdaniels Mabingo, “Teaching African Dances as Civic Engagement: Pedagogic Perspectives of Teachers of African Dances in North America, Europe, New Zealand, and Asia”, in Karen Schupp, editor, Dance Education and Responsible Citizenship: Promoting Civic Engagement Through Effective Dance Pedagogies, page 25:

At some stage, Brexitism will have to face this question.

2021, Oscar Mazzoleni, “Regionalism and Euroscepticism: The case of Ticino”, in Oscar Mazzoleni, Paolo Dardanelli, editors, Switzerland-EU Relations: Lessons for the UK After Brexit?:

The political and economic philosophies associated with Brexit.


Ginewra

Ginewra (nominative singular)
Ginewry (nominative plural)
Ginewry (genitive singular)
Ginewr (genitive plural)
Ginewrze (dative singular)
Ginewrom (dative plural)
Ginewrę (accusative singular)
Ginewry (accusative plural)
Ginewrą (instrumental singular)
Ginewrami (instrumental plural)
Ginewrze (locative singular)
Ginewrach (locative plural)
Ginewro (singular vocative)
Ginewry (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Welsh Gwenhwyfar, from English Guinevere.

Guinevere (in Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur)


Ekskalibur

Ekskalibur (nominative singular)
Ekskaliburu (genitive singular)
Ekskaliburowi (dative singular)
Ekskalibur (accusative singular)
Ekskaliburem (instrumental singular)
Ekskaliburze (locative singular)
Ekskaliburze (singular vocative)

(Arthurian legend) Excalibur (King Arthur's sword)


Clarent

Coordinate term: Excalibur

Sword in the Stone
Sword in the Stone#English

(Arthurian legend) A sword, the Sword in the Stone


committee rooms

en-noun

committee rooms pl (normally plural, singular committee room)

Hats were thrown in the air at the west end committee rooms when when victory seemed certain and the crowds surged up and down the stairs in the west end committee rooms to offer congratulations to the victorious candidate.

a. 1946, The Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers Journal, International Brotherhood of Pulp, Sulphite and Paper Mill Workers:

One of the factors in the success of the party in Verdun in polling a sizable vote was the role played by these voluntary workers in canvassing, distributing literature, and staffing committee rooms.

1946, Herbert F. Quinn, The Quebec Provincial Election of 1944: An Analysis of the Role of the Election in the Democratic Process (master’s thesis), Montreal: McGill University, →OCLC, retrieved 2022-12-07, page 44:

With the party candidate in Winnipeg North, he shared a cramped committee room in the northern district, across the street from the Conservative auxiliary office.[…]

1964, T. Peterson, I. Avakumovic, “A Return to the Status Quo: The Election in Winnipeg North Centre”, in John Meisel, editor, Papers on the 1962 Election: Fifteen Papers on the Canadian General Election of 1962, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, pages 94–95, 100:

COMMITTEE ROOMS:
1915 Osler Street

1975, NDP... Keeping Saskatchewan Alive, Regina, Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan NDP; republished Quebec City, Quebec: Centre for Public Policy Analysis, c. 2006, retrieved 2022-12-06, page 17:

When I came to Moosomin 30 years ago, the Liberals, NDP and Conservatives all had active local constituencies, all had well known supporters, all would set up committee rooms during the election, get their lawn signs out and work for their candidate.

2019 October 7, Kevin Weedmark, “Canadian Politics Is No Longer Right Versus Left, It’s Urban Versus Rural”, in The World-Spectator, Moosomin, Saskatchewan, retrieved 2022-12-06:

(Canada, UK, dated) One or more election campaign offices.


e-envoy

Recommendation 14.2 of this report stated 'the Government should appoint an “e-envoy” with a wider remit than originally proposed.

2004, Stephen Battersby, W. H. Bassett, Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health, page 187:

(UK politics, Internet, historical) The person in charge of the Office of the e-Envoy, which existed from 1999 to 2004 with the purpose of putting all government departments online.


prout de jure

(Scots law, archaic) Of a court case, allowing all evidence.


FMQs

Coordinate term: PMQs

First Minister's Questions
w:First Minister's Questions

(UK politics) Initialism of First Minister's Questions.


Adventus Saxonum

Borrowed from Latin adventus Saxōnum (“arrival of the Saxons”).

bor+

If the ‘Adventus Saxonum’ is placed within ten years of the middle of the fifth century, it can hardly be far wrong; […]

1936, R. G. Collingwood, J. N. L. Myres, Roman Britain and the English Settlements, →ISBN, page 356:

Anglo-Saxon demography and the adventus Saxonum begin with the fifth century.

1996, Michael E. Jones, The End of Roman Britain, →ISBN, page 36:

The non-survival of Celtic place-names from the period before the Adventus Saxonum presents a perennial problem for students of Anglo-Saxon England.

2004, Carole Hough, “The (Non?)-Survival of Romano-British Toponymy”, in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen, volume 105, number 1, →JSTOR, page 25:

The history of the Adventus Saxonum is a fascinating one. The stories that were told in the Middle Ages about ‘the Arrival of the Saxons’ on the island of Britain, and the influence of those stories on later audiences, reveal a lot about notions of collective identity.

2022 October 5, Joanna Story, “Revisiting the Adventus Saxonum, again: exploring the implications of new evidence”, in The Past:

(historical) The arrival en masse of Germanic settlers or invaders in Britain in the 5th–6th centuries CE.


Bregret

en-noun

Bregret (countable and uncountable, plural Bregrets)

The anxiety – dubbed “Bregret” – emerged as the value of the pound tumbled and markets crashed, while [some felt] betrayed by Nigel Farage’s admission that a Vote Leave poster pledging to spend millions of pounds supposedly given to the EU on the NHS was a “mistake”.

2016 June 25, Lizzie Dearden, “Anger over 'Bregret' as Leave voters say they thought UK would stay in EU”, in The Independent:

Yet polling shows no ‘Bregret’ – a YouGov survey earlier this week showed 52% of voters think leaving was right and 48% wrong, mirroring the referendum result.

2016 August 10, Matthew Holehouse, “Is the ignorant Leave voter just a comforting myth?”, in The Telegraph:

Brexit may be in the history books, but “Bregret,” as the British newspapers have called it, is back in the air.

2022 November 22, Mark Landler, “Buffeted by Economic Woes, U.K. Starts to Look at Brexit With ‘Bregret’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

A creeping sense of Bregret is taking hold in Britain. A majority of Brits now say that the vote for Britain leaving the EU was a mistake.

2022 December 23, Matthew Goodwin, “Brexit regrets? Britain has a few”, in The Spectator:

Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret [title]

2023 January 31, Polly Toynbee, “Three years on from Brexit, all UK voters are left with is a bitter taste of Bregret”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(neologism) Regret about Brexit (or voting in favour of Brexit).


Govian

en-adj

Govian (comparative more Govian, superlative most Govian)

more Govian (comparative)
most Govian (superlative)

Polly Toynbee is spot on in her excoriation of Govian Gradgrindery. The inevitable marginalisation of the supposedly "soft" arts subjects in the state sector is a scandal.

2013 November 7, Ian Barge, “Children must learn to question, not simply obey”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) Relating to British politician Michael Gove (1967–).


Scexit

Blend of Scotland + exit, by analogy with Brexit.

As Brexit becomes a settled fact of life, it will still be a cause of remainer grievance. But it could also fuel reluctance to go through the same trauma all over again as “Scexit”. […] The message that Scexit would be even worse than Brexit can still be delivered, just not by Johnson himself.

2021 February 9, Rafael Behr, “Sturgeon and Johnson have made Scottish independence seem inevitable. It isn't”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) The (possible) act of Scotland becoming independent from the United Kingdom.


order paper

(Commonwealth) the daily agenda of a Westminster system legislature


Corporation

In one respect at least the Corporation acts as the superior body: it imposes on the House of Commons a figure called the remembrancer: an official lobbyist who sits behind the Speaker's chair and ensures that, whatever our elected representatives might think, the City's rights and privileges are protected.

2011 October 31, George Monbiot, “The medieval, unaccountable Corporation of London is ripe for protest”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

City of London Corporation
City of London Corporation#English

(UK politics) Ellipsis of City of London Corporation.


Sunakian

Sunakian (comparative more Sunakian, superlative most Sunakian)

more Sunakian (comparative)
most Sunakian (superlative)

If Sunak is highly regarded by his colleagues, he does not have a dedicated group of supporters in Parliament: there is no Sunakian equivalent of the Portillistas, the Brownites, or the Friends of Dave.

2020, Michael Ashcroft, Going for Broke: The Rise of Rishi Sunak, London: Biteback Publishing, →ISBN, page unknown:

With the markets duly placated by Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement, some senior Tories even began to worry that Sunakian stability and fiscal orthodoxy would be too boring a platform on which to face Labour at the next election.

2022 December 7, “The Guardian view on Sunak and the strikes: misreading the mood of the nation”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) Of or pertaining to Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British Conservative politician and Prime Minister from 2022 to 2024.


Portillista

Yet despite that pedigree, he describes himself as "essentially a Portillista" – liberal on social affairs, centre-right on economics.

2001 October 3, Matthew Tempest, “New Labour's power-dressed future”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) A political supporter of Michael Portillo (born 1953), British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative politician.


Cobra

Boris Johnson was accused on Saturday of being “missing in action” after failing to attend a Cobra meeting to discuss the national heatwave emergency following predictions that thousands could die in the coming days.

2022 July 16, Mark Townsend, James Tapper, “Johnson skips emergency Cobra meeting as experts warn thousands may die in UK heatwave”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

In the UK, a Cobra security meeting was called and in Estonia, which neighbours Russia, the prime minister, Kaja Kallas, said there was strengthened security on the border.

2023 June 24, Pjotr Sauer, Andrew Roth, “Putin accuses Wagner chief of treason and vows to ‘neutralise’ uprising”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) Alternative letter-case form of COBRA


Orkxit

Blend of Orkney + exit. Modelled after Brexit, Grexit, Quexit, etc.

You've heard of Brexit, maybe even Scexit - now the UK might have to prepare for Orkxit. ¶ The Orkney Islands, which lie 20 miles north of the Scottish mainland, have voted to explore "alternative governance" which could include leaving the UK and returning to its Scandic roots with Norway.

2023 July 4, Gina Davidson, “Orkney votes to explore ways to leave UK”, in LBC:

This matters because after the tragicomedies of Brexit and Grexit, the world has been enjoying the spectacle of “Orkxit”. This month it was suggested that the Orkney Islands might like to secede from Britain and become a self-governing territory of Norway.

2023 July 13, “Why the Orkney Islands are considering joining Norway”, in The Economist:

There’s a move in the islands to secede from Britain and join Norway or even Denmark — an Orkxit to follow Brexit.

2023 July 21, “Dinner Party Intel: Gray Lady blows the final whistle”, in Financial Mail:

(UK politics, neologism) The potential transfer of the Orkney Islands from the United Kingdom and Scotland to Norway, reversing its annexation by Scotland in 1472.


securonomics

From secure + -o- + -nomics, introduced in 2023 by British politician Rachel Reeves.

She [Rachel Reeves] told the FT her ‘securonomics’ had to be based on ‘the rock of fiscal responsibility’ and that Britain was at risk of being ‘sidelined’ unless it accepted that the rules of the global economy had changed.

2023 May 24, “Reeves makes case for UK version of ‘Bidenomics’”, in Financial Times, page 1:

It’s to be funded by taxing private schools, although whether Reeves’s “securonomics” has the capacity to respond to what teachers want more broadly, is another matter.

2023 July 7-13, Andrew Marr, “Politics: In an era of political fatalism, Labour must use its education plan to inspire hope”, in New Statesman, volume 152, page 14:

Done without careful planning, it could increase reliance on imported virgin steel and recycled scrap metal. It will also test the government’s commitment to “securonomics” which involves safeguarding the supply of key goods and services to the UK.

2024 September 26, “Why £500m for Port Talbot is not enough to secure steel industry”, in Western Mail, Cardiff, page 23:

supply-side economics
supply-side economics

(UK politics, economics) A modern form of supply-side economics inspired by US president Joe Biden's economic policy, particularly his Inflation Reduction Act, and based on the belief that globalisation has failed to achieve its stated aims.


Okrągły Stół

Okrągły Stół (nominative singular)
Okrągłego Stołu (genitive singular)
Okrągłemu Stołowi (dative singular)
Okrągły Stół (accusative singular)
Okrągłym Stołem (instrumental singular)
Okrągłym Stole (locative singular)
Okrągły Stole (singular vocative)


okrągły stół

okrągły stół (nominative singular)
okrągłego stołu (genitive singular)
okrągłemu stołowi (dative singular)
okrągły stół (accusative singular)
okrągłym stołem (instrumental singular)
okrągłym stole (locative singular)
okrągły stole (singular vocative)

(Arthurian legend) Alternative letter-case form of Okrągły Stół (“Round Table”)


Young Englander

en-noun

Young Englander (plural Young Englanders)

In a related but more obviously nostalgic way the Young Englanders looked back to an earlier England: Disraeli lamented in his 1845 novel Sybil, or the Two Nations, that “there is no community in England” and proposed the medievalising of the aristocracy as a solution.

2015, David Matthews, Medievalism: A Critical History, →ISBN, page 56:

(historical, UK politics) A member of Young England, a group of neofeudalist 19th-century Tories.


corn law

(historical, UK politics) One of the tariffs and protectionist regulations on imported grain and other foodstuffs enforced in the United Kingdom from 1815 until their abolition in 1846.


testamenti factio

From Latin testāmentī factiō (“right of participating in a will”).

bor

(Scots law) The legal capacity to make a will (under Scots law, anyone may be a beneficiary under a testator’s settlement).


Marprelate

(often attributive) A pseudonym used in the later 16th century by a satirist, or group of satirists, who attacked the Anglican episcopacy.


vicious intromission

en-noun

vicious intromission (countable and uncountable, plural vicious intromissions)

(Scots law) The unauthorized assumption of ownership, or other interference with the rights of an estate.


אינלאַנד־מיניסטעריום

head

אינלאַנד־מיניסטעריום

אינלאַנד־מיניסטעריום • (inland-ministeryum) m

yi-noun

אינלאַנד־מיניסטעריום

en-אינלאַנד־מיניסטעריום-yi-noun-rqqDeJaF


One Nation

(UK politics) Alternative letter-case form of one nation


Isang Daang Taong Digmaan

tl-proper noun

Isáng Daáng Taóng Digmaan (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜅ᜔ ᜇᜀᜅ᜔ ᜆᜂᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜋᜀᜈ᜔)

Isáng Daáng Taóng Digmaan (canonical)
ᜁᜐᜅ᜔ ᜇᜀᜅ᜔ ᜆᜂᜅ᜔ ᜇᜒᜄ᜔ᜋᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ʔɪˌsan̪ d̪ɐˌʔan̪ t̪ɐˌʔon̪ d̪ɪɡˈmaː.ʔɐn̪]


Caliburnus

la-proper noun

Caliburnus m sg (genitive Caliburnī); second declension

Caliburnī (genitive)
Caliburnus (nominative singular)
Caliburnī (genitive singular)
Caliburnō (dative singular)
Caliburnum (accusative singular)
Caliburnō (ablative singular)
Caliburne (singular vocative)

Latinization of Old Welsh Caledfwlch, perhaps influenced by calibs, a medieval spelling variant of chalybs (“iron, steel”). First attested in, and likely coined by, Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1136).

Accinctus etiam Caliburno gladio optimo, et in insula Avallonis fabricato: lancea dexteram suam decorat, quae nomine Ron vocabatur: haec erat ardua lataque lancea, cladibus apta. […] Arma sua nihil eis proficiebant, quin Caliburnus dextera tam virtuosi regis vibratus, cogeret ipsos animas eructare cum sanguine.

c. 1136, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae IX-X

Then girding on his Excalibur, which was an excellent sword made in the isle of Avallon, he graced his right hand with his lance, named Ron, which was hard, broad, and fit for slaughter. […] Their arms were no manner of protection from them against the force with which this valiant prince wielded his Excalibur.

(Medieval Latin, Arthurian legend) Excalibur (the legendary sword of King Arthur, having magical properties).


DAERA

[…]DAERA has a range of significant programmes under way to improve water quality … [and]^([sic]) the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) also undertakes extensive monitoring and inspection programmes as well as investigating all reported pollution incidents.

2023 August 23, Tommy Greene, “Lough Neagh ‘dying in plain sight’ due to vast algal blooms”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

w:Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

(Northern Ireland) Initialism of Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.


Artúraíocht

head

Artúraíocht f (genitive singular Artúraíochta)

Artúraíochta (genitive singular)
nominative (indefinite)
Artúraíocht (indefinite singular)
vocative (indefinite)
a Artúraíocht (indefinite singular)
genitive (indefinite)
Artúraíochta (indefinite singular)
dative (indefinite)
nominative (definite)
an Artúraíocht (definite singular)
genitive (definite)
na hArtúraíochta (definite singular)
dative (definite)
leis an Artúraíocht (definite singular)
don Artúraíocht (definite singular)
Artúraíocht
nArtúraíocht
hArtúraíocht

Nó cén fáth nach bhfuil cuimsiú déanta ar na scéalta Fiannaíochta, mar atá déanta leis an Artúraíocht agus leis na scéalta Lochlannacha?

2014 October 12, Darach Ó Scolaí, “Easpa Táinte i gcomórtais an Oireachtais”, in Tuairisc:

Or why have the Fenian Cycle stories not been included, as has been done with the Arthurian legend and the Norse stories?


Gawayne

English: Gawain

Than ſpake ẜ Gawayne And ſeyde brothir · ẜ Aggravayne I pray you and charge you meve no ſuch · maters no more a fore me fro wyte you well I woll nat be of youre counceyle //

1470–1483 (date produced), Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e., Thomas Malory], “[Morte Arthur]”, in Le Morte Darthur (British Library Additional Manuscript 59678), [England: s.n.], folio 449, verso, lines 15–18:

Then spoke Sir Gawain, and said, “Brother, Sir Agravain, I pray you and charge you move not such matters any more before me, for be ye assured I will not be of your counsel.”


Aggravayne

English: Agravain


Sturgeonite

Forbes and her allies have already set up a backbench group in the Scottish Parliament to develop alternative policies; Yousaf and the Sturgeonites remain committed to her (superficially) progressive vision of the party and its controversial alliance with the Scottish Greens.

2023 October 6, Henry Hill, “Time to put devolution out of its misery”, in The Telegraph:

(UK politics) A political supporter of Nicola Sturgeon (born 1980), Scottish politician who served as First Minister from 2014 to 2023.


one nationer

A Conservative party source said: “This would tear the party apart. Several cabinet ministers and the one nationers would not stand for it – the prime minister wouldn’t even get it through the Commons. Never mind that this wouldn’t placate the head-bangers on the right either.”

2023 November 19, Rajeev Syal, “Sunak could block Human Rights Act to force through Rwanda asylum plan”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

one-nation conservative
one-nation conservative#English

(UK politics) Synonym of one-nation conservative


one nation

The next prime minister must redefine Brexit as a One Nation project. If they do not, the door will be wide open for Britain’s first-ever Marxist government and a likely decade of decline.

2019 May 18, George Freeman, Nicky Morgan, Bim Afolami, Chloe Smith, Nicholas Soames, “One Nation conservatism can make a success of Brexit”, in The Observer, →ISSN:

one-nation conservatism
one-nation conservatism#English

(UK politics) Ellipsis of one-nation conservatism.


Segontiaci

la-proper noun

Segontiacī m pl (genitive Segontiacōrum); second declension

Segontiacī (canonical masculine plural)
Segontiacōrum (genitive)
Segontiacī (nominative plural)
Segontiacōrum (genitive plural)
Segontiacīs (dative plural)
Segontiacōs (accusative plural)
Segontiacīs (ablative plural)
Segontiacī (plural vocative)

[s̠ɛɡɔn̪ˈt̪iäkiː]

Trinovantibus defensis atque ab omni militum iniuria prohibitis, Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites, Bibroci, Cassi legationibus missis sese Caesari dedunt.

c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.21

The Trinobantes being protected and secured from any violence of the soldiers, the Cenimagni, the Segontiaci, the Ancalites, the Bibroci, and the Cassi, sending embassies, surrendered themselves to Caesar.

A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Caesar.


Bibroci

Bibrocī m pl (genitive Bibrocōrum); second declension

Bibrocī (canonical masculine plural)
Bibrocōrum (genitive)
Bibrocī (nominative plural)
Bibrocōrum (genitive plural)
Bibrocīs (dative plural)
Bibrocōs (accusative plural)
Bibrocīs (ablative plural)
Bibrocī (plural vocative)

A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Caesar in his commentaries (VII.21)


CRG

Nonetheless, before Christmas he still had to rely on Labour votes to pass new coronavirus restrictions amid a 101-MP rebellion instigated by the Covid Recovery Group (CRG), which is sceptical about new pandemic rules.

2022 January 8, Peter Walker, “ERG out, CRG in: the Tory factions Boris Johnson is struggling to appease”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

COVID Recovery Group
w:COVID Recovery Group

(UK politics) Initialism of COVID Recovery Group.


Ynys Afallon

Ynys Afallon
Hynys Afallon (prothesis-h)

(Arthurian legend) An island, represented as an earthly paradise in the western seas, to which King Arthur and other heroes were carried at death.


ბრექსიტი

ka-proper noun

ბრექსიტი • (breksiṭi)


ხისტი ბრექსიტი

ხისტი ბრექსიტი • (xisṭi breksiṭi)


რბილი ბრექსიტი

რბილი ბრექსიტი • (rbili breksiṭi)


Cenimagni

la-proper noun

Cenimagnī m pl (genitive Cenimagnōrum); second declension

Cenimagnī (canonical masculine plural)
Cenimagnōrum (genitive)
Cenimagnī (nominative plural)
Cenimagnōrum (genitive plural)
Cenimagnīs (dative plural)
Cenimagnōs (accusative plural)
Cenimagnīs (ablative plural)
Cenimagnī (plural vocative)

A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Julius Caesar.


ententa

ententa (nominative singular)
ententy (genitive singular)
entencie (dative singular)
ententę (accusative singular)
ententą (instrumental singular)
entencie (locative singular)
entento (singular vocative)

(historical) Triple Entente (informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, built upon the Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894)


Ethelred

/ˈɛθ.əlˌɹɛd/

Learned borrowing from Old English Æþelrǣd, Æþelred, Æðelred, from æþele (“noble”) + rǣd (“counsel, advice”).

af

A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Aethelred or Æthelred

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Ethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016


Aethelred

/ˈæθ.əlˌɹɛd/

Learned borrowing from Old English Æþelræd, Æðelred, from æþele (“noble”) + rǣd (“counsel, advice”).

lbor

A male given name from Old English Æþelræd (“noble counsel, well-advised”), variant of Ethelred or Æthelred

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred I, King of Wessex between 865 and his death in 871

A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Aethelred II “the Unready”, King of the English between 978 and his death in 1016


SETF

Social Exclusion Task Force
w:Social Exclusion Task Force

(UK politics, historical) Initialism of Social Exclusion Task Force.


sixpenny bit

(historical) Former (pre-decimalisation) British and Irish coins worth six old pennies.


DSIT

w:Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

(UK politics) Initialism of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.


konstabl

konstabl (nominative singular)
konstable (nominative plural)
konstablowie (nominative plural)
konstabla (genitive singular)
konstabli (genitive plural)
konstablów (genitive plural)
konstablowi (dative singular)
konstablom (dative plural)
konstabla (accusative singular)
konstabli (accusative plural)
konstablów (accusative plural)
konstablem (instrumental singular)
konstablami (instrumental plural)
konstablu (locative singular)
konstablach (locative plural)
konstablu (singular vocative)
konstable (plural vocative)
konstablowie (plural vocative)

(law enforcement) constable (lowest rank of the British and New Zealand police forces)

(historical) constable (officer of a British noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander)

(historical) constable (title of a court official in the Kingdom of the Franks)


Borisism

Boris Johnson, in typical faux-naif Borisism, said once of his leadership ambitions that he might "pick up the ball if it came loose from the back of the scrum".

2014 August 6, Patrick Wintour, “Boris Johnson positions himself perfectly for Tory leadership bid”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

The day after his arrival in Birmingham, in the conference hall, he crammed his speech with Borisisms.

2019, Harry Mount, The Wit and Wisdom of Boris Johnson, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:

Sharp says there was no such conflict, echoed by Johnson himself, who minted a Borisism specially for the occasion: “I can tell you that for 100% ding-dang sure.”

2023 January 27, Jonathan Freedland, “The stench coming from this government? It’s the corrupt mixture of private wealth and public squalor”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(UK politics) A turn of phrase employed by British politician Boris Johnson.


Sunakonomics

But this latest Sunakonomics rescue is a sticking-plaster on a bullethole.

2020 September 25, “The Sun says: A new lifeline”, in The Sun, London, archived from the original on 2020-09-25, page 10:

Advanced students can take classes in Sunakonomics, which supersedes traditional economics in favour of a novel theory allowing Professor Rishi to buy the premiership with voters’ money.

2020 October 14, Paul Routledge, “Keep calm… We can beat this: Crash course in art of emulating PM’s grade-A twerps”, in Daily Mirror, London, page 15:

2021 March 11, David Runciman, “Sunakonomics”, in Catherine Carr, director, Talking Politics, episode 310, archived from the original on 2022-10-25

In the era of Sunakonomics, our hedge fund veteran-turned chancellor owes a lot to the work of John Maynard Keynes, but then again we all do.

2021 November 26, Ollie Smith, “Keynes Goes Shopping: 10 Things We Learned This Week”, in Morningstar, archived from the original on 2021-11-27:

One of the more interesting aspects of the battle between Trussonomics and Sunakonomics has been the debate over the Monetary Policy Committee’s efforts to control inflation.

2022 July 26, William Atkinson, “Is it time to look again at the Bank of England’s independence?”, in CapX, archived from the original on 2022-07-26:

Next door in Number 11, though, there was a degree of ideology at the heart of Sunakonomics.

2022 August 18, “Standing up for the city: Desperate need for growth writ large in UK’s interest payments”, in City A.M., London, archived from the original on 2022-08-18, page 2:

Sunakonomics / Sunak's time as chancellor was marred by the pandemic.

2022 October 30, Ryan Hogg, Beatrice Nolan, “Rishi Sunak is worth almost $850 million, making him Britain's richest prime minister. Here's why that could be a big problem.”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y., archived from the original on 2022-10-30:

The multiple tailwinds of a successful Refinitiv acquisition, rising high margin services, and economic outlook under Sunakonomics all allow LSEG to have slight advantages over peers, especially European ones such as the Deutsche Borse (OTCPK:DBOEY).

2022 December 1, “London Stock Exchange Group: Positive Sentiment At Early Stages Of 'Sunakonomics'”, in Seeking Alpha, archived from the original on 2022-12-01:

2024 March 1, Roy C. Perez, Rishi Sunak: Sunakonomics: Decoding the Economic Philosophy of Rishi Sunak - A Comprehensive Analysis of the Chancellor's Fiscal Vision, →ISBN

(UK politics) The economic ideas and policies of Rishi Sunak (born 1980), British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 2022 to July 2024.


spare room subsidy

en-noun

spare room subsidy (plural spare room subsidies)

Great stuff from @harryph on why cutting the taxpayer-funded spare room subsidy is the right thing to do

2013 February 7, @alexwickham, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-07-18:


retourable

(Scots law, historical, of a brieve) Which must be returned to chancery, along with a schedule of action taken.


LRU

London Reform Union
w:London Reform Union

(UK politics, historical) Initialism of London Reform Union.


special defence

special defence (plural special defences)

(Scots law) Any of various defences (such as mental disorder or coercion) that may be raised in criminal proceedings upon notice by the accused ahead of the trial, and which if established will result in an acquittal.


Small Party of Good Boys

the Small Party of Good Boys (canonical)

Has anything the Small Party of Good Boys said not been embarrassing?

2018 December 20, naijeieoas, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-02-11:

(UK politics, humorous, derogatory) The Socialist Party of Great Britain.


Wars of the Roses

the Wars of the Roses (canonical plural)

After the symbols of the two sides: the Red Rose of Lancaster and the White Rose of York

(historical) A civil war that lasted from 1455 to 1487, fought between the English houses of Lancaster and York and allies in France, Burgundy and Scotland.


act of sederunt

act of sederunt (plural acts of sederunt)

secondary legislation
secondary legislation

(Scots law) A set of rules of court governing civil procedure made as secondary legislation by the Court of Session.


Act of Sederunt

Act of Sederunt (plural Acts of Sederunt)

(Scots law, formal) Alternative letter-case form of act of sederunt


team ministry

(Church of England) A ministry which administers multiple parishes.


Prydwen

Prydwen
Brydwen (soft)
Mhrydwen
Phrydwen

From Middle Welsh Prydwen, from pryd (“appearance, shape, form”) + gwen, feminine of gwyn (“white, fair”).

(Arthurian legend) the ship of King Arthur.


act of adjournal

act of adjournal (plural acts of adjournal)

(Scots law) A set of rules of court governing criminal procedure made as secondary legislation by the High Court of Justiciary.


Act of Adjournal

Act of Adjournal (plural Acts of Adjournal)

act of adjournal
act of adjournal#English

(Scots law, formal) Alternative letter-case form of act of adjournal


hostile environment

As Liberty (2018: 5) have argued: 'The hostile environment is a sprawling web of immigration controls embedded in the heart of our public services and communities.'

2020 July 8, Rees, James, Pomati, Marco, Social Policy Review 32: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2020, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 51:

Among the targets of the hostile environment policy (it was later used euphemised as the 'compliant environment' policy) were those who became, through no fault of their own, entangled in what became known as the Windrush scandal.

2024 January 18, Paul Warmington, Permanent Racism: Race, Class and the Myth of Postracial Britain, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 130:

(UK politics) An immigration policy in which service providers such as doctors, landlords and banks must perform ID checks to verify that potential clients have legal right to remain.


Starmerian

en-adj

Starmerian (comparative more Starmerian, superlative most Starmerian)

more Starmerian (comparative)
most Starmerian (superlative)

Mashed alongside these faux-mateyisms, were classically clumsy Starmerian metaphors. He spoke of “reservoirs of confidence”, “bonds of hope” between state and individual, “the well of disrespect”.

2023 July 6, Madeline Grant, “Keir Starmer’s speech is interrupted by protesters - hurrah for some excitement!”, in The Telegraph:

I’d be the first to admit that at least some elements of that agenda are self-contradictory, and the faint whiff of freshly baked cakeism is caught by one’s nostrils when surveying this Starmerian vision of Britain in the year 2034.

2024 January 4, Sean O’Grady, “Will 2024 be the year of ‘Starmer the radical’?”, in The Independent:

Labour’s retort was a very passive, Starmerian picture of their leader in neutral white T-shirt to watch the first England-Serbia fixture, lest he rock the incumbent Scottish vote.

2024 June 21, Paul Flynn, “Only Sadiq Khan would be truly welcome at Pride — other politicians have lost their right”, in Evening Standard:

(UK politics) Of or pertaining to Keir Starmer (born 1962), British Labour politician and Prime Minister since 2024.


Liebour

Liebour

2020 April 26, Friedmanite19, “Same old Liebour”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 2024-08-06:

Liebour

2022 July 10, WillSing4Scurvy, “Liebour”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 2024-08-06:

(UK politics, New Zealand politics, Internet slang, derogatory) The Labour Party (with an implication that its leadership are liars).


Starmergeddon

From Starmer + -geddon, after Keir Starmer (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024).

person

It would be a huge mistake. In the last debate Rishi [Sunak] showed what he can do, and on any fair reading he won. It is by no means too late to tilt the steering wheel in the direction of common sense, avert Starmergeddon, and prevent this country from going in completely the wrong direction.

2024 June 28, Boris Johnson, “The nation doesn't really want Sir Keir or his tax-hiking, EU-loving, soft-on-illegal-migration agenda. There's still time for us to swerve from the cliff edge of Starmergeddon”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-28:

Britain echoes this. In pounds, the FTSE All-Share rose in 15 of 17 US election year second-halves following first-half gains. We got your back, Union Jack. ¶ So, don't stress "Starmergeddon". Instead: think perverse, buy inverse. Buy now.

2024 July 7, Ken Fisher, “Don’t stress Starmergeddon – Labour will usher in a market rise”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-08-21:

Well, we're all still here. According to most of the rightwing press, we were in for "Starmergeddon". Plague, floods and earthquakes would only be the start. Famine would be along shortly thereafter.

2024 July 12, John Crace, “Relax, Starmergeddon hasn't happened. The grownups are in charge”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-07-15:

United Kingdom
United Kingdom#Proper noun

(UK politics, neologism) A supposed disaster predicted to take place after the 2024 election of Labour Party leader Keir Starmer as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.


imagizm

imagizm (nominative singular)
imagizmu (genitive singular)
imagizmowi (dative singular)
imagizm (accusative singular)
imagizmem (instrumental singular)
imagizmie (locative singular)
imagizmie (singular vocative)

(historical) imagism (movement in early-20th-century British and American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sharp language)


Starmerite

“This new research finds the public prefers a more Starmerite approach to immigration – built on control, competence and compassion – to the storm and fury of (Reform UK leader Nigel) Farage.

2024 July 14, Sunder Katwala, quotee, “Public approves of ‘Starmerite’ approach to immigration, poll suggests”, in The Standard, London, archived from the original on 2024-07-15:

(UK politics) A supporter of Keir Starmer, British prime minister since 2024.


Labourish

en-adj

Labourish (comparative more Labourish, superlative most Labourish)

more Labourish (comparative)
most Labourish (superlative)

He has good cards to play on making Brussels better and slimming the continent's heavyweight welfare states. Both can, not implausibly, be given a New Labourish colouring, though Mr Blair's lectures can sound insufferably Pecksniffian.

2000 February 24, “Tony Blair takes his time”, in The Guardian:

(UK politics) Of or related to the Labour party.


Commonwealth of England

(historical) The British state when Great Britain and Ireland were a republic prior to rule by Oliver Cromwell.

Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland


Tory Democracy

(UK politics) Synonym of one-nation conservatism


Milifan

(colloquial, UK politics) A member of the Milifandom.