There are two Third Ways, one in Bristol and one in Wembley, but as yet no streets named after Tony Blair.
New research suggests that it should stay that way. Professor Richard Webber, of University College London, is the main author on a study that found that there is a social stigma to living in a street named after a politician.
Spare a thought then for the residents of Gaitskell Close, sandwiched in between Cripps Close and Hardie Close in Maltby, South Yorkshire.
The research forms the basis for a new website, originsinfo.com, where you can rank the social status of your address.
You get a high snob value if you live on a square, mews or a chase, and low marks if you're on a terrace, street or crescent.
There is a long tradition of this obsession with the geography of class. The Victorian social reformer Charles Booth went around London colour coding each street, from black for "vicious semi criminal" to yellow for "wealthy".
Booth's poverty maps (available on this excellent site) make interesting viewing today when the only criminal things about many of the darkly shaded streets are the price of the houses.
