Yup, I think Ruth Davidson's got her sense of humour back. She came out with a few others:
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"Before politics not only was I a BBC journalist but I single-handedly saved the British banking system during the Barings collapse, piloted Apollo 13 back down to earth. A little-known fact is that I was the original Misha the bear at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, the same year I won Eurovision, which, speaking as a mother…"
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"About four weeks ago...I’d had a phone call from Craig Oliver saying he’d like me to do the Wembley debate. "'The Labour party are putting up Angela Eagle', he said.
"I said: 'That’s great Craig, I’m more than happy, as you know I always love a fight but are you absolutely sure you want two short-haired, flat shoes, shovel-faced lesbians with northern accents. This is a whole UK-wide debate and that’s narrow casting'.
"I don’t think he’d ever been spoken to like that before because he turned into essentially Hugh Grant..”urrr urr urm” and therefore Sadiq came up."
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For the second quote, it should be noted that Davidson was also taking the mickey out of herself as she is herself a lesbian. I wasn't aware that Angela Eagle is also one, but it turns out she is. If she wins the Labour leadership contest, that would be the first time that one of the mainstream UK parties was led by someone who is homosexual. Something which shouldn't be an issue, these days.
Mike.