Do politicians need sex appeal to be successful in these social media times?

Lembit Opik. Don't think they married though. Has 2 children by 2nd partner according to Wiki.

Yes, that's him.
We always get treated to revolting tidbits about their supposedly racey sex lives, which sound extremely tame.

There was the bloke whose girlfriend wore his football shirt, and was in the papers wearing it, as if it was uproriously naughty.

MissAdventure

There was the bloke whose girlfriend wore his football shirt, and was in the papers wearing it, as if it was uproriously naughty.

It depends which team.

Neither of today's.

I like Emmanuel Macron ... intelligence and appeal

pascal30

I like Emmanuel Macron ... intelligence and appeal

He likes older women too.

She would have been arrested here - teacher and schoolboy.

I dont know if she would have been arrested here back then, but she absolutely would be now, and sacked.

flump

Lembit Opik. Don't think they married though. Has 2 children by 2nd partner according to Wiki.

He was with a weather girl for a long time-Sian someone??"?
Another one that has "something"

Really?
I suppose he must have, though.

Didnt he cheat on Sian with the

You see my phone was so ashamed of my celeb knowledge that it tried to stop me.
I think he cheated on Sian with the cheeky girl didnt he?

MissAdventure

There was the bloke whose girlfriend wore his football shirt, and was in the papers wearing it, as if it was uproriously naughty.

You're not thinking of David Mellor MP are you? It was reported he wore a Chelsea shirt when having sex with his mistress Antonia de Sancha. Later it was said to be made up but the scandal caused him to resign.

Oh yes, that's him.

He could wear stockings, suspenders, and a feather boa, for all I care.
He didn't have "it" at all.

MissAdventure

He could wear stockings, suspenders, and a feather boa, for all I care.
He didn't have "it" at all.

I saw him up close and personal.

He opened a shop in Richmond, Surrey - a tiny shop down a side-alley selling 'bespoke' shirts, and worked in it himself. I was peering through the window at the neatly arranged goods when suddenly his face loomed up - he'd been placing a shirt strategically in the window. He was wearing the most enormous glasses.

The shop didn't last very long.

I find Keir Starmer 's intelligence appealing.

I find it a bit ironic that Starmer chose to be a pin up for Vogue, a glossy fashion magazine for affluent, fashion-loving 30 - 40 year old wealthy women. The magazine is all about catwalk shows and expensive handbags. Maybe he himself thinks he has sex appeal?

Joseann

I find it a bit ironic that Starmer chose to be a pin up for Vogue, a glossy fashion magazine for affluent, fashion-loving 30 - 40 year old wealthy women. The magazine is all about catwalk shows and expensive handbags. Maybe he himself thinks he has sex appeal?

It's certainly a weird choice for a labour MP.. he's rather right of middle I think..

pascal30 Keir Starmer is further left than Corbyn which I think we will soon find out. He also doesn't know what a woman is.

Joseann

I find it a bit ironic that Starmer chose to be a pin up for Vogue, a glossy fashion magazine for affluent, fashion-loving 30 - 40 year old wealthy women. The magazine is all about catwalk shows and expensive handbags. Maybe he himself thinks he has sex appeal?

I'd imagine that any party leader would jump at the opportunity to sell himself and his party to a wider audience, whichever side of the track they are from.

'Class' is complex: it's no longer "us" and "them" is it? Both Labour and Conservatives have to appeal to as wide an audience as possible as both profess to be working for the people, the country, as a whole rather than the narrow confines of rich or poor.

I don't find Starmer on the cover of Vogue any more strange than seeing Boris Johnson when he was campaigning being photographed wearing a Tesco high-viz jacket carrying a tray of groceries.

Why would Starmer not want to win over 30 - 40 year old affluent women who buy expensive handbags?!

Chestnut

pascal30 Keir Starmer is further left than Corbyn which I think we will soon find out. He also doesn't know what a woman is.

Keir Starmer is further left than Corbyn...

Is he?

How?

Dickens

Joseann

I find it a bit ironic that Starmer chose to be a pin up for Vogue, a glossy fashion magazine for affluent, fashion-loving 30 - 40 year old wealthy women. The magazine is all about catwalk shows and expensive handbags. Maybe he himself thinks he has sex appeal?

I'd imagine that any party leader would jump at the opportunity to sell himself and his party to a wider audience, whichever side of the track they are from.

'Class' is complex: it's no longer "us" and "them" is it? Both Labour and Conservatives have to appeal to as wide an audience as possible as both profess to be working for the people, the country, as a whole rather than the narrow confines of rich or poor.

I don't find Starmer on the cover of Vogue any more strange than seeing Boris Johnson when he was campaigning being photographed wearing a Tesco high-viz jacket carrying a tray of groceries.

Why would Starmer not want to win over 30 - 40 year old affluent women who buy expensive handbags?!

Perhaps we have a different understanding of integrity. It seems he wants to be all things to everyone. I lament losing Caroline Lucas.. now there was true integrity..

MissAdventure

He could wear stockings, suspenders, and a feather boa, for all I care.
He didn't have "it" at all.

Oh, no! Can you imagine it? I found him quite repulsive, along with Cyril Smith. 😱 We need a PM who is honest, extremely intelligent, has integrity, eloquent, confident, a smart dresser, a strong leader ……….. So many requirements, but I don’t see these in any contender.

Any chance him visiting Kent soon