HAVE you arranged a cosy kitchen photoshoot to prove that you’re an ordinary, decent person who would do a great job running the country? Here’s what to pose with.
A spouse
Still popular among the simple folk of Britain who don’t realise how outdated they are, bless them, spouses are perfect for reassuring everyone you’re not a morally questionable philanderer who visits sex dungeons. Boris hasn’t got one.
Loads of mismatched mugs
Politicians who have been served tea by constituents believe that voters have no two mugs the same and cherish that variety, when actually they’ve just been given the same crappy mug the Sky man gets when he comes round to fix the broadband.
Something with a Union Jack on it
For ardent Brexiters it’ll be something massive like a sofa. For Remainers it will be something small, like an egg cup. But it will definitely be there because if it wasn’t the right-wing press would have all they need to call you a traitor.
Carefully stage-managed clutter
Not so much that you look like you can’t manage to control your own household, let alone a country in the throes of a collective mental breakdown, but just enough to maintain the illusion you don’t have a live-in cleaner paid less than minimum wage.
Childrens’ drawings on the fridge
Provides a delightfully homey touch in the house you’re claiming as a second residence so you can buy a massive telly from John Lewis at the taxpayer’s expense. Also serves as a useful reminder of your children’s names.
Dagger covered in dried blood
Who left that there? Radina, I thought I told you to clean this place up! Don’t make me burn your passport.
