Teresa May ...dancing queen or chief clown?

Fair point about the spare time, Nonnie, tho she could have multi-tasked and jigged around while cleaning her teeth. Making a more inspiring impressions might have been on the list..

winter I doubt any amount of practice would have made a difference, some people just can't dance, no matter what. I also suspect she had rather more pressing things to do with any spare time.

I was surprised at how stiff she was. She must have known it was coming and could have practised in secret at home first.

Nonnie, I await a link proving that Mrs May called Mandela a terorist, but understand this can’t be done if it was a private conversation.

Good for you Annie. Far too many things get stated as fact and, simple soul that I am, I believe them. It is good for me when they get debunked.

I thought her joining in the dancing was great, good for here, I have nothing but admiration for her for joining in,

Ilovecheese, you personally know May? Must do because she became an MP in 1997, Mandela was made President in 1994.

I'm another one who thinks it was good of her to have a go. She must know that she is not a natural dancer but at least she joined in when appropriate. I think there are far more important things to criticise politicians about than when they try to do the right thing and that thing is extremely unimportant.

Chief clown, and probably in floods of tears off screen, particularly as she knows the rest of the clowns are somewhere in the backroom planning all sorts of funny pranks and tricks to play on her!

I have no great love for TM or her party but I take my hat off to her for giving it a go. I think her hosts would have considered her stand-offish and bad-mannered not to have attempted the dance. Even the Royals have a go in these situations.
Whether anything useful for our trade materialises, we will just have to play the waiting game.

It was the first time I ever saw her genuinely happy. When she was watching those singing and dancing schoolgirls in south africa the smile reached her eyes. Her whole face changed.
I know she can't win no matter what she does. I like her!!

I think I agree withGreenfinch about the dancing, but I do think it was very hypocritical of her to go to Nelson Mandela's cell, when at the time he was imprisoned she considered him to be a terrorist.

Agree with Greenfinch, damned if she did and damned if she didn’t.

Well, TM certainly did not bring back much if anything in the way of trade deals from her African dancing trip.

It seemed to me that the visit reports spoke much more of what Britain would give financially to those countries than anything they may give to us in trade.

I felt those African State leaders danced all round her and the other members of the delegation as the UK appeared to grovel for some kind of announcement on trade during the trip.

She was in a no win situation.If she didn't join in she would appear totally standoffish and unfriendly.If she did she opens herself to ridicule.I don't like her politics but I think she did pretty well.It can't have been easy for her and I think she earned a bit of good will.

I think she’s a candidate for Strictly ?