{"id":8122,"date":"2018-09-01T13:58:56","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T11:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8122"},"modified":"2018-09-01T14:01:12","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T12:01:12","slug":"theresa-mays-dancing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.desertsun.co.uk\/blog\/8122\/","title":{"rendered":"Theresa May’s Dancing"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are quite a few people on Twitter laying the boot into Theresa May because she’s been captured on video<\/a> dancing like the chief accountant at the office party who’s unwisely joined the pretty intern on the dancefloor just before things wrap up. May is currently touring Africa and Africans like to dance, hence everywhere she goes she’s asked to join in and look silly<\/a>. This is the equivalent of an African prime minister coming to London, being taken down the pub to meet some traditional British yobbos, and asked to join them in necking a pint of ale to chants of “Get it down, you Zulu warrior!”<\/em> while the world’s press looks on.<\/p>\n

Personally, I think we should lay off May in this instance. She looks as though she’s enjoying herself and I don’t find a willingness to look a bit foolish in the company of foreign hosts to be a bad thing. It’s not like she’s gone the whole hog and acted the complete clown like Justin Trudeau did, or is dancing because she wants to get down wiv da kidz and show how modern she is. In fact, I think the whole thing makes her look a little more human and – dare I say it? – more likeable. And it’s not like us Brits are fantastic dancers, is it? I can perhaps forgive an Argentinian or Brazilian making fun of May’s dancing, but it’s not unusual when Brits dance for furniture to get knocked over. How many of those laying into May’s performance could do any better?<\/p>\n

No, May’s awkward dancing at the behest of her African hosts is not something to criticise her for. Instead, let’s hold her feet to the fire over her endorsement of the South African government’s campaign of land appropriation, her betrayal of Brexit, and her overall appalling leadership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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