Start real, stay real; the wives who may be the Democrats’ greatest asset

NOT only was she a tubby unknown, but, just before the official photograph, she managed to spill coffee all over her good jacket.

To replace it, she wandered into the local equivalent of an OxFam shop and bought something second-hand.

The result was that the following day, when the pictures designed to suggest a Fab Foursome appeared, in the middle was one who was dumpy and just a notch away from frumpy.