I couldn't help but be struck by the close resemblance that the rather portly Nicholas Soames, Conservative MP, has to his grandfather. Scroll through the photos to see what I mean. The eyes, the jowels, the meaty complexion and large physical stature of the man are almost uncanny. I think it must be a figment of my imagination, almost like I've been robbed of my eyes.
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Churchill's Grandson
I couldn't help but be struck by the close resemblance that the rather portly Nicholas Soames, Conservative MP, has to his grandfather. Scroll through the photos to see what I mean. The eyes, the jowels, the meaty complexion and large physical stature of the man are almost uncanny. I think it must be a figment of my imagination, almost like I've been robbed of my eyes.
"The eyes, the jowels, the meaty complexion and large physical stature."
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not your eyes.
This is how most people look when they are overweight.
Most people do not look like Churchill. I wonder if he sounds like him?
ReplyDeleteAmazingly, he -does- look somewhat like his illustrious, if "fictitious" grandfather.
ReplyDeleteHere's to Winston, the only "fictitious" character to ever have spawned real life children!
Well, can't see it myself.
ReplyDeleteI can see it slightly, around the eyes and build, at certain angles, but I cannot say it is particularly striking.
ReplyDeleteAnd even if it were particularly striking - what would be the message? Would it not be unfair towards both the Grand Old Man and the hon. Member for Mid-Sussex and their respective places in British history to stress such a similarity? We would not be comparing like with like. One advantage of Britain over other places is that in the political class you may have dynasties and family trees but the different family names by which they go make it bearable. Recurrent bodily features, if extant at all, should not exaggerated.
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