The proposed alternatives to changing a man’s surname on marriage are the ingred-ients for a real mess. Not to mention the confusion for children’s surnames.

Why not just have the first name and the identity card number? So I would become known as ‘Stephen 872939M’.

Simple and permanent; no quibbling and no room for mistaken identities.

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