THE ORIGINAL SARAH PALIN:

New documents come to light about Margaret Thatcher (Andrew Pierce, 22 Feb 2009, Daily Telegraph)

Never before seen memos about an unknown Tory politician called Margaret Thatcher, which singled her out for prominence because she was "very pretty" and dressed attractively, have been unearthed in the BBC archive. [...]

Some of the newly released papers, to coincide with BBC2's programme Margaret about her fall from power in 1990, date back to 1957 before she was an MP. It includes one to the head of women's programmes on why the Tory candidate for Finchley should be on television.

It said: "Mrs Thatcher is 30ish though I suspect she could pose for much younger, very pretty, and dresses most attractively. Very feminine. As one would expect of a barrister she is clear, concise, assembles her thoughts well. Her main charm was that she does not look like a career woman."

She's all that and a bag of chips.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 22, 2009 7:50 PM