Reading Michelle Obama’s Becoming made me think – intermittently – about Philip May’s bins. Failing some last-minute contributions, May has proved, from an entertainment, news and thus satirical point of view, a dismayingly unco-operative dud of a first spouse. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The UK’s first spouse, Philip May, left, is mostly photographed accompanying his wife to church. Incoming spouses will not – unless they choose to – need to agonise, like Mrs Brown and Mrs Blair, about how best to deploy this uncovenanted influence. During a difficult period after Senator Obama goes to Washington, Michelle, in Chicago, has a three- and a six-year-old, a demanding full-time job and is missing exercise.

Source: The Guardian November 25, 2018 06:10 UTC