![Staines' love affair with Ali G and the fallout from the town changing its name 10 years on - Surrey Live Staines' love affair with Ali G and the fallout from the town changing its name 10 years on - Surrey Live](https://i2-prod.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/article24326109.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/0_Ali-G.jpg)
Staines' love affair with Ali G and the fallout from the town changing its name 10 years on - Surrey Live
![Poorly Named U.K. Town Chooses Even Worse Name to Distance Itself from Sacha Baron Cohen | Vanity Fair Poorly Named U.K. Town Chooses Even Worse Name to Distance Itself from Sacha Baron Cohen | Vanity Fair](https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/54ca93ddf547ce3c06e1ff88/16:9/w_1280,c_limit/image.jpg)
Poorly Named U.K. Town Chooses Even Worse Name to Distance Itself from Sacha Baron Cohen | Vanity Fair
![Ali G Indahouse at 20: What it got right and wrong about Staines and Surrey - Alec Evans - Surrey Live Ali G Indahouse at 20: What it got right and wrong about Staines and Surrey - Alec Evans - Surrey Live](https://i2-prod.getsurrey.co.uk/incoming/article23398503.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200/0_JS178583487.jpg)
Ali G Indahouse at 20: What it got right and wrong about Staines and Surrey - Alec Evans - Surrey Live
![So this is the West Staines Massive - #172543700 added by fffffffuuuuuuuuuuu at Current state of the Street Gangs in the UK So this is the West Staines Massive - #172543700 added by fffffffuuuuuuuuuuu at Current state of the Street Gangs in the UK](https://memestatic1.fjcdn.com/comments/So+this+is+the+west+staines+massive+_a6f0de9cc909b6c47b800b99047f2dbb.jpg)
So this is the West Staines Massive - #172543700 added by fffffffuuuuuuuuuuu at Current state of the Street Gangs in the UK
![Ali G Indahouse at 20: What it got right and wrong about Staines and Surrey - Alec Evans - Surrey Live Ali G Indahouse at 20: What it got right and wrong about Staines and Surrey - Alec Evans - Surrey Live](https://i2-prod.getsurrey.co.uk/incoming/article23398503.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/0_JS178583487.jpg)
Ali G Indahouse at 20: What it got right and wrong about Staines and Surrey - Alec Evans - Surrey Live
![TIL the town of Staines changed its name to Staines-upon-Thames to avoid being associated with Sacha Baron Cohen's character Ali G. : r/todayilearned TIL the town of Staines changed its name to Staines-upon-Thames to avoid being associated with Sacha Baron Cohen's character Ali G. : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/evTNHLdNL7c8sE8YiTQCxYQ3kQNGCF8gyWVRHg55e_c.jpg?auto=webp&s=97eaf12e714d7d5cf586e54496cf3fafb36d3e8d)