Monday, June 9, 2008

The importance of hair in politics

I find it really bizarre and somewhat frustrating that the only thing that came out of last weeks' PM's questions in the press was the fact that the Conservative leader David Camerons' parting had moved to the centre from its usual left-hand side spot (see below).


I remember back in March, possibly last year in fact, when his parting moved from the centre to the left, and the Daily Mail sketchwriter Quentin Letts cleverly said that it symbolised the direction in which Mr Cameron was taking his party. (full story
here)

Today however, Cameron credited his 'bad hair day' to having worn a cycle helmet on his journey into Parliament that morning (full story
here)

Speaking to GMTV, Cameron said: "All that happened is I got on my bicycle, put on a cycle helmet for once, because I'm always being told to... and something went a bit wrong."

"It's amazing how much can be written" about "these things". Yes, yes it is.

It seems that having good hair and a consistantly smart appearance means more and more in today's world of personality politics, I guess this means I should start taking better care of my hair! Ironically, I did actually get it cut today... something to do.