May to appear on TV after all during GE campaign

Theresa May is being slated in the Media for saying that her and her husband have Girl/Boy jobs. He takes the rubbish out etc. Personally I can't see the problem with this and I suspect most families have a system where "He" does this and "She" does that.

My DH has always taken the rubbish out, I am currently trying to teach him how to replace the bag in the bin, but it seems that's a step too far

It may be a lighthearted programme but it is being used to influence people's political choices. See the comment about the Mays being a 'nice normal couple' earlier this morning. That looks very much like approval, to me, but why should a politician's marital status have any influence? I'm not naive enough to think that it doesn't but I don't think a National TV company should be encouraging style over substance.

I have no problem with politicians' participation in 'political' programmes during a GE, and, if they want to make fools of themselves, in 'entertainment' programmes at any other time. But they really shouldn't be part of electioneering, in my opinion.

Did she talk about shoes?

There is a question of if this is cynical bit of manoeuvring around the rules on political broadcasting by the BBC, and if this should be something advisable. It is perhaps a reflection of our society that a prospective PM is on a chat show talking about shoes instead of on a political show discussing policies.

I don't watch the One Show and didn't watch last night but as I understand it this is a light hearted programme which doesn't pretend to look at things in depth so I don't understand why people take it so seriously. I believe Corbyn and Farron will also be appearing.

This morning on local radio they are talking about who takes the bins out in households, apparently because of something said on the One Show. Now in most households I know, where there is a male partner, it is usually the man who takes out the bins - it was the case when my DH was alive. (shock horror).

Told you before that it's policies not people that matter to me. But you think anyone with real socialist beliefs has a Corbyn obsession. I believe there is a biblical quote about seeing the mote in your neighbour's eye but ignoring the one in your own, seems applicable.

No more boring than you and your Corbyn obsession Trisher. You wouldn't understand this but I have always found I have no problem in liking members of the lib party, Tory party, Plaid party without it affecting my political preferences .

Just vote Tory and have done with it Annie you are becoming predictable and boring.

Doesn't bother me she talked sbout shoes, I dislike Corbyn but not because he talked about his jam making,

Haven't watched the One show- the presenters make me want to scream anyway, TM and hubby might have resulted in a heart attack. I gather it was rather obviously scripted or at least planned and themed to suit her. IMO a PM who wants to talk about shoes should be avoided like the plague.

This sort of programme is truly "finger down throat icon" - if only we had one! It is especially so in the run up to a GE.

Do people really think that these politicians are behaving as their normal selves in such a programme? It is nauseating.

The whole darn circus is just a facade. I am getting cynical in my old age!

A man who is not capable of any compromise has a flawed character.

I think the marriage of T May is a strong marriage and their tv appearance gave the chance to see the woman open up a bit, she is a not a woman who does baby hugging for the cameras , a very private woman and I respect this. She has suffered sadness and the marriage has survived . Neither walked away from the marriage because they couldn't have children. Yet Corbyn walked away from wife no 2 because of a choice of school !

No roses. Nothing could compare with your incomparable comment on the possibility of a new vote on the foxhunting ban.

I would say you had outdone me in both banality and discourtesy Maizie in your last post.

No, they just had a number of enthusiastic encounters with the opposite sex.

I didn't say that politicians couldn't have good marriages. Some do, some don't (hell, I'm competing with roses for banality here). I'm just saying that a politician's private life isn't an indicator of their political ability.

I utterly refuse to be drawn into any discussion of Corbyn, so don't bother to try to press the 3 marriages point with me.

Did they marry three times Maizie? And politicians are not alone when it comes to affairs . I disagree that politicians cannot and do not have good marriages, Tony Benn adored Caroline Benn, the Kinncocks have a strong marriage , the Cleggs seem to have a good marriage.

Corbyn is no JFK

Palmerston, Lloyd George, Kennedy.

'Normal' marriage is just window dressing for the media, after all those years in the world of politics you surely know that, Annie

A politicians private life may have nothing to do with his ability to do his job , I am not so sure. Think of Jeffrey Archers private life , and then there is Trump, does not three marriages show a character flaw ?

I saw a bit of the One Show on the news. Blimey! what a banal bit of tv. Thought May looked eminently uncomfortable, much more than her husband. She had every right to, sitting through such rubbish was utterly unnecessary.

What's a champagne socialist Ruth? Do you mean someone who can afford to drink champagne but who cares about having a better, fairer society and is willing to contribute to that through action, comment and willingness to pay? Do you have to be hard up and struggling to be a socialist? I can guess by the erudition of your posts on here that you probably know little about the history and development of social reform and progress in our society and how much we owe to those that you would dismiss ( no doubt with a sneer) as champagne socialists?

Do you REALLY need a bus pass or should they money go to other causes?

Well, Ruth1958, as frances69 has told us that the bus pass is her lifeline that keeps her going, I'd say the answers to your very personal questions are yes and no respectively.

ninny you haven't come back to apologise after lying about Corbyn and DA have you? As for it being non-political for T and P to appear on the One Show ? What a truly pathetic comment - of course it's political and it's even more political by being dressed up as being non-political. What a sad indictment of our political process that this has happened - that during a GE campaign a PM uses her time like this and her advisers assume ( probably quite rightly) that many of the electorate will be influenced by this charade. If you're good at your job, like Merkel, you don't need to wheel out your husband to validate that - but then, the German electorate are probably more sophisticated as well.

Calm down, missus!
1. You know nothing of a poster's circumstances and whether she does depend on her bus pass.
2. This is a forum where you can express opinions not dictate so vehemently.
3. What on earth do you mean by "banine and lefty clap"?

And what a lovely, normal and devoted couple they are!

That is exactly how you were meant to react. "What a lovely normal person TM is, not like that dreadful Corbyn with his three wives and a lover as well"

A politician's private life has nothing to do with their ability to do the job.

Ruth, you really should qualify that statement with, 'in my opinion', and why are you questioning Frances about whether she really needs a bus pass? Nothing to do with anyone else. I don't have one because I have enough money not to need one - my business, but I'll share it with you anyway.

You see in my opinion TM is a very right wing difficult woman with little to no empathy with the 'only just managing', the poor, the disabled, and all manner of other vulnerable people in our society including children. Those are not the qualifications of a good leader of people/nation in my view.