Admittedly one was only in a would-be humorous television preview: appearing on Have I Got News For You gave such a boost to William Hague’s career that he became Home Secretary.
Well Hague is sadly showing all the signs of being an unlucky general, but it’s not that bad yet.
Much less forgiveably Alice Thomson included Shirley Williams in a list of senior women politicians who did not have children and added “It did not matter.” Well even if Alice Thomson is too young to remember, a simple check of Who’s Who would have put her right. What was different in those days (the 1970s) was that people would not have accepted that the care of small children should take priority over matters of state – and it was up to you both to make sure that proper arrangements were in place for their care, & not to go on & on about it.
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