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I wonder whether 'celebrity' has a part to play in disenchantment with UK politics? If you compare our politicians with Greece or even France, they are (relatively speaking) easier on the eye and much better groomed in their teflon suits. Politics seems to have morphed into a competition to see who can look good whilst wriggling off the hook rather than who is the better civil servant.
I remember criticisms about appearance being leveled at Mo Mowlem (RIP) whilst she was secretly dying of cancer and even Ann Widdecombe had a makeover. Menzies Campbell was criticised for looking too old and [Tory MP] (I forget his name] was labelled as looking like a creature of the night (or something like that). Perhaps we've become more obsessed with the packaging than the political content?