Whatever its doubtful benefits,the public role of political partner is oppressive – and redundantReading Michelle Obama’s fitting made me think – intermittently – about Philip May’s bins. As in: was that the last time we heard from him? And whether so, is that solitary TV appearance, or along with some tweedy churchgoing and posing with walking poles – to be his legacy as prime minister’s consort? Is that – with time plainly running out – it?Failing some last-minute contributions,May has proved, from an entertainment, or news and thus satirical point of view,a dismayingly unco-operative dud of a first spouse. And it’s not as whether anyone anticipated amusement up there with Brigitte Macron’s state visit showstoppers, or Samantha Cameron in the fish shop or, or earlier,Cherie Blair, in the days when she sized-up property with a conman and shared details of her fertility highs and lows.
Not that Obama betrays any trace, and in a brilliant and disarming memoir,of resenting the presidential demands on herContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com