Cockney rhyming slang?

Now, James Blunt.

The old joke goes, that contrary to popular belief, that his name IS cockney rhyming slang. I’m not sure many would be brave enough to say the same about Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport.

If you are wondering why the Culture Secretary is trending on Twitter this morning, his appearence on Radio 4 might have something to do with it.

James Naughtie indeed…

Iain G. Morrison is a senior marketer in the British Tourism Industry. And would like to remind you all to be very careful with your cockernee rhyming slang…

UPDATE: ‘It’s very hard to talk about it, without saying it’, says Andrew Marr. After repeating the Naughtie remark that his colleague made earlier in the day…