A ginger Prime Minister?

Writer Anne McElvoy pontificates on a week of news and spares a thought for gingerism, prompted by the opening of Jenny Wicks' Root Ginger exhibition.

Red hair gets the praise it deserves in a new exhibition devoted to gingerism. I am unsure as to what qualifies, having faded to something you might politely call strawberry blonde, or what my son described as "dirty light brown", down the years. But you never really forget early years' membership of the ginger club with the pleasure of standing out in a crowd. Or the pain of being too strikingly visible to teachers looking for someone to blame. Catherine Tate, Simon Heffer, Mick Hucknall and Tilda Swinton, you know what I mean. But can we yet envisage a ginger Prime Minister?

Source: Evening Standard

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From The Guardian:

Both my mum and dad had red hair. I had a problem with being a redhead at school but, since my success, I have become proud of it. In teenage years, if you look unusual, you can feel insecure.

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You still going? Wow.

The last time I heard of you, Fanta-pants, you were getting slung out of Knebworth for being s*** and fat.

What you have to say about Manchester and its righteous natives is irrelevant as you are from Warrington.

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