Teresa May ...dancing queen or chief clown?

Well said niggly.

Dear oh dear, does it really matter so much that people on here can't miss a chance to bitch about someone who was clearly trying to to be pleasant to a group of children's who had bothered to dance for her Is it THAT important that she isn't as savvy as you Grandad, or as talented as some idiot couple on that equally idiot programme Strictly!! The sneery comments from some on here are just unkind, pointless, deeply pathetic but sadly predictable!

My post was a reply to paddyann

I agree. I didn't see anyone holding a gun to her head. What's wrong with watching, smiling and applauding in a dignified manner?

The Queen manages it.

TM may only be 61 but type 1 diabetes over the years isn't conducive to staying nimble. My stepfather had the same complaint and it isn't pleasant and not something to treat lightly or with contempt.

come on,she should be savvy enough to know making a fool of herself isn't on ,not on a world stage .

And I always thought Hull was the only place 10 years behind the rest of the country! By '68 I was in Newcastle Go-Go ing!

Greenfinch is right. If she danced, people didn't think much of it. If she didn't dance, people may well have thought she was being standoffish.

She may have been put on the spot. Anyone can be wise after the event.

trisher the skip jive continued until around 1968 in the jazz clubs in Bristol. That was the year carol and me got married and the Chinese jazz club went bust.

Not sure if there was a connection between the two.

Yes lemongrove, nigglynellie, we are very thankfully still fully fit but as for doing the twist, well that might take some consideration before we attempted that.

I didn’t think she looked any sillier than anyone else doing that sort of “dancing”. I’m not a fan of TM, but admire her for trying,

PECS, is that when she said Mandela was a terrorist ?

Some have looked realy, realy, realy silly

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Although I joked that she'll be on Strictly next, I do admire her for trying. After all, everyone loved Ed Balls when he was on Strictly, even though he couldn't dance for toffee! And Anne Widdecombe! Not to mention Michael Portillo with his travel and train journeys. Strange how disliked (by some) politicians become likeable once they're removed from politics.

Annibach but I don't suppose TM was a leading light in the Anti Apartheid movement or boycotting SA goods. Otherwise she could have answered the Channel 4 questions more straightforwardly.

skipjive Grandad1943 I thought it was only done in Hull and then only in the early 60s. In Manchester by '65 they were much too cool for that!
She's only 61 niggly she should be a bit better!!!

She did look an absolute Twizzle but I have to admire her pluck at participating. She had no choice really: rock and a hard place comes to mind.
Do not admire her politics but no need to be personally hateful about anyone.

We were all able to cut the mustard in our youth Grandad even P & T. May I daresay. Fifty odd years along the line can often be a very different matter!

is there Chinese jazz? I bet you were the talk of the town back then, as many of us may well have been, but all us 60 or 70 somethings [including T May] are not as supple as we used to be, sadly.

now, who is up for a vigorous Twist And Shout?

lemongrove quote[How well would anyone on GN have done?] end quote

Yea most definatly, you should have seen Carol and me doing the "skip jive" at the Britol Chinese jazz club in the mid sixties.

I thought it was terrific of her to join in, as best she could particularly knowing that people would ridicule her and make sarcastic comments, or criticise her for being off hand and stuffy if she hadn't jointed in! T.M suffers from type 1 diabetes which can cause stiff joints and other inflammatory symptoms, probably the cause of her apparent stiffness and slightly bad posture. Yes she clearly loves children, how sad that she wasn't able to have any. Perhaps you who sneer will be a bit more circumspect before casting dispersions about anyone another time.

? lemon, Jane

She'd have turned it into a Highland fling and blamed Westminster for the music!

paddyann am sure that if wee Nichola Sturgeon had done an African dance she would have been awesome! Not!

who cares if a PM can dance or not? The very fact that she joined in at all was impressive, and she lights up when children are around her.
would Corbyn have danced better, or any other leader?Is this the petty way we judge political figures today, dancing prowess?How well would anyone on GN have done?