Does power make people fat?

Hadn't noticed him, try to avoid looking at him. David Cameron seemed to put a bit of weight on. The makers of the swim shorts he was recently pictured in have been hit by a dip in sales. Not cool anymore!

I don't think it's the power in itself that makes people like Corbyn, Cameron etc. fat. I think it's that fact that they probably eat and drink rich food all at the tax layers expense and their natural gluttony gets the better of them.

I remember many years at when my great uncle became a local councillor , my grandad hadn't seen him for a while and commented on his expanding stomach in his usual diplomatic way saying "well Billy, it's well saying your'e enjoying the free food and booze at the town hall then"

I must be very powerful

Too much dining and fine wine. Although allegedly, according to an ex wife, Jezza didn't do anything so utterly bourgeois as dining out, he preferred to eat cold beans straight from the tin, yum! Maybe he's eating far more beans than ever. The clue to that could be if his colleagues are sitting slightly further away,it could also be the underlying reason why Diane Abbott and Emily Thornberrry seem to wear permanently pained expressions when sitting alongside their leader on the front benches?

TerriBull! That explains a lot.

Alpha male chimps get all the best food and get a lot bigger too...

Bernie Ecclestone (F1) must be short of some of those posh meals, or does he "work out" in other ways ?

JC used to bike everywhere now he probably has a chauffeured driven armour plated car.

Just what I said earlier TerriBull. It's probably quite easy to get fat on good food and drink when you're not paying for it.

Mind you I love to eat cold beans straight from the tin, much to DH's disgust.

Bernie E is one of those creepytiny little men with a huge Amazonian wife. No wonder he never puts weight on Wobblybits his bedroom antics must be quite athletic.

Wobblybits, that is not a pleasant thought.

No, it's not.

Does being big add to their presence in people's eyes too?

Eating lots of beans helps produce all that hot air politicians put out

I agree with Teetime though that being transported everywhere by (armour-plated) car instead of cycling will have made a difference. I've also noticed Corbyn often wears a tie these days - is that a slimming gimmick to reduce the apparent size of his growing belly?

Bernie seems to wear beautiful women like other men wear jewellery, one hanging off each arm, but I'm not envious (like hell I am , if not for the women, for his stamina)

My poor DH has neither the beautiful woman nor the jewellery Wobblybits might explain why he's built like a bean pole.

Mind you he doesn't haven Bernie's powers of attraction either. £££££££££££££££$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$£££££££££££££££££££

Actually I have noticed that but I think in Corbyn's case he looks better with a little more weight on him.

It must be flipping difficult to watch what you eat when you have to attend functions that shove grub under your nose and you are driven around all over the place to boot.

A bit like you and I going on a cruise or a month long All Inclusive holiday. Lord does that pile on the pounds (well it does if you enjoy yourself).

I didn't realise I was so powerful.

Gillbob, "doesn't have beautiful women" ???? he has you, and as to how he manages to keep slim, I can't imagine

Bless him he really should've gone to Specsavers !

Obama isn't fat. Neither is Putin.

I hadn't noticed that JC had put on weight, but had noticed an absence of the Lenin hat he used to wear.

And of course his vest is no longer on display...

I knew there was something else missing...

gillybob Your great uncle clearly was a living example of that old-fashioned expression, "He had a bit of a corporation".

Eating too much makes people fat.