The vindictive and petty abuse of power she demonstrated in trying to get her brother-in-law sacked because he was seeking custody of his children, and trying to get a librarian sacked for refusing to remove books from the library shelves, makes her utterly fail the personality test in my eyes.  A nasty piece of work under the folksy ignorance.  I don't see much difference between that and Boris's façade of bumbling "charm."

Well, I'm probably arguing just for the sake of it now, Don B; but are you seriously suggesting that a woman is incapable of anti-female sexism?  (Not that I'm suggesting Mary is sexist in any way, of course).


I'll risk seeming sexist again and tell you what a friend of mine said a propos this discussion.  He referred to the time-honoured blokey method of choosing between two otherwise indistinguishable candidates: choose the one with the big tits.  That would be Boris, then!

I'll get me coat.