That has made me wonder though: does she actually get one? “Hey, I’m sorry we didn’t have time for this before - well, let’s not go into why - but would you be free to sit? You know, for the record, and you *were* Prime Minister. How’s your diary looking? Oh really, wide open?”
Years after Douglas-Home's premiership, a woman approached him on the train and said she always thought it was a great shame that he never became Prime Minister.
I wonder whether Truss looks at that anecdote and wishes that was her. Instead everyone remembers her and wishes they didn’t.
She should, she'll stand at the cenotaph for the rest of her life — which depending on your age maybe the rest of our lives.
Always with a slightly smug smile that says if only she was allowed longer she would have fixed everthing.
I'm not sure it's that weird given she's clearly the only British Prime Minister with a genuine sense of style and interest in fashion since....erm...maybe as far back as Eden?
Thatcher had to have her entire wardrobe overhauled by her advisors - she kept wanting to wear these horrible hats. But yeah the advisors did a good job
I know nothing about art but that looks like a political statement of well this is how you look if you keep cutting arts funding! Yes I’ve seen worse but it looks more like Swiss Tony than her
That is a fantastic portrait, and hats off to the artist. I'd be pretty chuffed with it if I were TM. I think it has 'emotional depth', which is especially meaningful when we consider what came next. In that portrait, she knows, doesn't she?
I think it fair enough, she was far from good, but given what happened around her she deserves the respect. At least she did think about the country and try to do — what she thought — was best.
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Kind of makes me shudder.
Jacob Rees-Mogg.
I wonder whether Truss looks at that anecdote and wishes that was her. Instead everyone remembers her and wishes they didn’t.
Always with a slightly smug smile that says if only she was allowed longer she would have fixed everthing.
Starmer portrait dropping?