ephemerid wrote:I am actually quite concerned about the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
I've just seen a video of him at PMQs today, and he looks absolutely dreadful.
I can't work out if he looks ill or drugged. Which are pretty much the same sort of thing, really, in effect.
Much as I dislike him, my professional eye was drawn to him today as he really looked awful - and much as I dislike him, I hope he's not ill.
He's lost a scary amount of weight, too.
If he's been playing with the Bolivian marching powder again then I'm considerably less sympathetic.
He has been, famously, following the 5-2 diet for some time (5 days eating normally, 2 days fasting on 500 kcals maximum) and following a rigourous exercise programme. it has certainly resulted in him losing a lot of weight. It is possible that he has overdone that and has become run-down – or picked up a bug, somewhere. I certainly wouldn't laugh hard if he has taken ill. But it is also fairly likely that he had spent a sleepless night following Ms. Rowe's promises to release more pictures. We can all laugh hard when politicians' former (maybe continuing) habits catch up with them – especially when their policies have inflicted such misery upon vast swathes of the population – but we can also sympathise with illness, even if it is 'self-inflicted.' Mind you, I've lived in some glass houses so perhaps I shouldn't throw very large stones if he is back to his (alleged) old ways. A couple of handfuls of gravel, perhaps?
(And I know that saying alleged makes no real difference
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