She's also an inexplicable half-inch away from being wonderfully attractive. In the right light she's almost gorgeous, but then she opens her mouth and suddenly you realise she's not that pretty, she's not that bright and - worst sin of all - she has no sense of humour .
Gyles Brandreth on Harriet Harman
( Excerpt from his diary on 15/06/1993 )
Nothing much has changed in 16 years, except the distance involved is more like 3 feet now.
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Sadly, there are a lot of lady pollies like that. Flint is one.
ReplyDeleteIt's similar to what I tell my daughters - beauty fades, but dumb is forever.
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