From bullying to propping up the PM – women can do the dirty work as well as men Catherine Bennett
over 3 years in The guardian
Cummings and Cain are gone, but turning to the ‘fairer’ sex does not mean we’ll be better governed
Boris Johnson once had some much-quoted fun at Hillary Clinton’s expense. His line, from 2007 – “She’s got dyed blond hair and pouty lips, and a steely blue stare, like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital” – often featured in the anthologies of offensiveness that failed to prevent his premiership.
Following Dominic Cummings’ recent defenestration, a 2008 Johnson Spectator column is possibly more illuminating for additional comments on Clinton’s record as first lady: “Like a mixture,” Johnson wrote, “between Cherie Blair and Lady Macbeth, stamping her heel, bawling out subordinates and frisbeeing ashtrays at her erring husband.” Continue reading...
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