Theresa May offers Strictly dancers advice as she jokes about being a disaster on the dancefloor
The Prime Minister shared her love for Strictly Come Dancing but admits she's not a 'natural' when it comes to dancing
THE PM revealed her love for Strictly — but admits she’s a bit of a dancefloor disaster.
She said: “I’ve never had lessons. We did a bit of Scottish dancing at school.
“In my youth, I went to the odd St Andrew’s Night where we tried to do all those various reels. But I’m certainly not a natural.”
She admits cringing at TV footage of herself swaying awkwardly next to South African kids on a recent visit to Cape Town.
She said: “The children were so enthusiastic about the dancing and I thought it was important to join in. I was trying to copy their moves.
“I took the mickey-taking in good heart, which is why I tweeted that TV Strictly competitors should get in touch if they needed any tips. All tongue in cheek, of course.”
Mrs May is cheering on Paralympian Lauren Steadman in this series, after backing Debbie McGee last year.
The PM grimaced at the suggestion she might become a contestant one day.
“No that’s not me! But the way Jeremy Corbyn has been dancing around his policy the last few days, he should certainly go on Strictly.”
The Sun on Sunday Says: Why May must be brave for Britain
YOU tell ’em, PM. She’s bang on to remind the democracy-deniers that we’ve already had a “people’s vote” on the EU.
In the largest vote ever recorded in Britain, we chose to leave the Brussels racket.
And as she reveals in our exclusive interview on these pages, Theresa May is determined to tell the world that we are getting out, no ifs, no buts.
Tory Conference this week will be testy. There remain serious splits in the party over Brexit but on one thing they must be united: nothing can imperil our exit.
But while the PM is right that a second referendum is for the birds, the country is constantly holding a referendum on her leadership.
On domestic issues it is Labour that seems to have an answer to everything — even if those easy solutions rely on made-up money and would be disastrous in practice.
Governments cannot just promise the world in airy-fairy speeches but, faced with an Opposition full of empty promises, the Tories must be radical. They cannot just deliver watered-down versions of whatever Jeremy Corbyn has cooked up.
There are plenty of brains in the Tory party. Let’s hear their ideas and a real vision of what Britain can be.
On that conference cold
THE dreaded lurgy which plagued Mrs May’s last conference has struck again.
With just three days to go before she makes her big speech in Birmingham, the PM is fighting off a stinking cold.
She has been taking medication and will have some early nights to avoid a repeat of last year when she had a coughing fit during her keynote address.
It was also marred by letters falling off the stage set and a comedian invading the platform to hand her a mock P45.
Asked if she felt under the weather, Mrs May quipped: “It’s all the hard work of preparing for the interview with you, Dave.”
The PM had just returned from a gruelling trip to the United Nations in New York.
She sniffled: “I’m not sure it is actually coming out as a proper cold. I’ve been over to the States and I think on the long flight you get a bit sort of... you know...”
Her diary has been planned “slightly differently” this year to ensure she keeps in tip-top condition for her speech.
And she joked that extra supplies of superglue had been ordered to ensure the conference slogan stays firmly in place.
On Mr May
HUBBY Philip May is the PM’s closest and most trusted confidant — but he doesn’t dabble in politics.
But she stressed his involvement was purely personal support and making sure she stays grounded.
The PM said: “Philip has always supported me, not just in the last year. But he’s not a special adviser. He’s my husband!
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“Genuinely, I’ve got a great team around me here in No10 and obviously ministers and so forth.
“Philip and I do discuss campaigning in my constituency — which road do we go knocking on doors in this week, for instance. But that’s about as far as it goes.”
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