A new acronym

Belinda McCammon writes:

His party is less than a month old but multimillionaire businessman Colin Craig’s Conservative Party could already be in violation of the electoral rules.

The former Auckland mayoral candidate launched the party this month to contest the general election, saying it would campaign on tougher sentences for criminals, cutting social welfare payments if beneficiaries were not prepared to work, and a review of smacking laws.

But neither the party’s website nor a billboard outside its Auckland headquarters carries an authorisation statement – as required by law.

Not a good start. But that is not what grabbed my attention. It is the name Colin Craig’s Conservative Party, which abbreviated is the CCCP.

Now younger readers may not know what CCCP used to stand for, but stamp collectors will. It is Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик, which is Russian for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

So I think CCCP should become the official acronym for the Colin Craig Conservative Party.