Bernadette Jansen op de Haar's Blog Posts Tagged 'Politics' (2)

Mao regularly swam in the Yangtze to prove that he was still perfectly fit. Putin rode a horse bare-chested and performed some judo throws, if necessary with the horse, and two weeks ago David Cameron rescued a sheep that had got stuck.



For a moment I thought it was a publicity stunt. It could have been conjured up by North Korea’s Kim Jong-un.



But in the case of David Cameron you can be sure it’s not staged. David always looks slightly surprised, as if he’s wondering: How…

Following the talks in Brussels, the front page of The Times showed David Cameron as Manneken Pis aiming at the head of Nicolas Sarkozy, and the next day someone remarked to me that Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel reminded her of Punch and Judy.



Would the true leader please stand up? Because that’s the problem: we’re missing a leader with a vision.



Mark Rutte, the Dutch Prime Minister, tried to convince David Cameron. They looked like two public schoolboys. Mark…