lolitics asks! 🎩💍✂️
🎩 — a prime minister who never was, but should have been
ED MILIBAND KING OF MY HEART i'm gonna agree with @historicallolitics and say rab butler. over christmas i read a book by steve richards called the pms we never had and that was really good and only convinced me further that the appointment of douglas-home was bonkers when rab butler was Right There
💍 — a small but significant detail of a figure's personal life
not to get into psychoanalysing a deranged and more importantly awful man, but i think blair's childhood is crazy. unstable home life, hated fettes so much he ran away and got all the way to newcastle, was beaten until 17, his mum died in his final year of uni, etc etc
✂️ — a favourite fashion moment from a political figure
i'm torn between miranda blair (skin-tight lace-up flared white trousers, coats made of curtains, high-heeled boots) and michael foot's donkey jacket at the cenotaph for pure cultural significance and vibes
