The Bishop wrote:I get the reference, however, whether she is pretty or not is absolutely immaterial. The policies and abilities to put them into action are all that matter. Attack or support the policies not the person is surely the righteous path, my dear WGS.
Hardly an 'attack' TB, just a gentle snigger from the back row. Politicians certainly seem unable to ‘do’ casual.
But it's really a wink at power and the function of clothing as sign: the language of the presence, absence, gaining and loss of power is, as it were, knitted to the language of clothing (invest, defrock etc.). Surely you of all people will be familiar both with that emboldening shiver of authority that accompanies an enrobing and with the emptiness of the subsequent undressing?