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How would you interpret this picture?

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Elvanseshortage · 21/12/2023 18:49

An interesting collage by Cold War Steve.

How would you interpret this picture?
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gocompare · 21/12/2023 19:40

I'm not politically minded at all.

It looks like to me anyway, he's trying to get in her ear offering bribes.

gocompare · 21/12/2023 19:40

She's not interested

Elvanseshortage · 21/12/2023 19:47

It is a picture of Charlotte Owen.

Charlotte Owen was made a Baroness by Boris Johnson last year at the age of 29 for services to politics. She had very little work experience indeed.

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gocompare · 21/12/2023 19:59

Who is the other lady?

Why was Charlotte given a peerage at such a young age?

gocompare · 21/12/2023 20:00

Sorry not the age with so little experience

Elvanseshortage · 21/12/2023 20:06

@gocompare
Everyone would like to know why she was given a peerage. I think the picture provides some clues.

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mynameiscalypso · 21/12/2023 20:08

I love Cold War Steve! Angry Nadine is the best bit.

Elvanseshortage · 21/12/2023 20:15

I love Cold War Steve as well.

The story of Charlotte Owen has intrigued me for a while and this picture seems to be hinting at something I hadn’t thought of before. It’s the presence of Stanley Johnson in the background

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festivetinseling · 21/12/2023 20:31

Nadine out in the cold. Ha!

Startingagainandagain · 21/12/2023 20:35

There were lots of tweets about her on Twitter today and the Stanley Johnson link...

Elvanseshortage · 21/12/2023 21:28

Ah I missed the Stanley Johnson tweets today.

Also interesting is that Jennifer Arcuri is included in the picture. I always wondered about a family connection there too

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Elvanseshortage · 21/12/2023 21:38

change.org has a petition:
Explain why Charlotte Owen has been made a life peer in the House of Lords

I don’t think MN will allow a direct link

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Startingagainandagain · 22/12/2023 09:50

I signed the petition as well yesterday :)!

Letterbix · 22/12/2023 10:31

Elvanseshortage · 21/12/2023 20:15

I love Cold War Steve as well.

The story of Charlotte Owen has intrigued me for a while and this picture seems to be hinting at something I hadn’t thought of before. It’s the presence of Stanley Johnson in the background

There are twitter rumours about who her father is. And perhaps previous rumours about her father have changed and are now about her brother.

notprincehamlet · 22/12/2023 10:35

Is that a carpetbag??

Elvanseshortage · 22/12/2023 11:52

@notprincehamlet
Is that a carpetbag??

Well spotted 😄

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Elvanseshortage · 22/12/2023 11:59

@Letterbix I didn’t hear anything about her brother.

Both CO and Jennifer Arcuri look strikingly similar and strikingly similar to the other men in the oucture

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CrispsandCheeseSandwich · 22/12/2023 12:35

Elvanseshortage · 22/12/2023 11:52

@notprincehamlet
Is that a carpetbag??

Well spotted 😄

Wait, what's the significance of a carpet bag?

hopeishere · 22/12/2023 12:40

Sweep things under the carpet maybe?

CrispsandCheeseSandwich · 22/12/2023 12:47

I assumed it was just because it's a carpet bag in the original painting. But then I wasn't sure I there was some other significance

Elvanseshortage · 22/12/2023 13:02

carpetbagger
/ˈkɑːpɪtˌbaɡə/
nounDEROGATORY•INFORMAL

  1. a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
  • BRITISH
  • a person who becomes a member of a mutuallyowned building society or insurance company in order to gain financially in the event of the organization demutualizing.
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TheCryptozoologist · 22/12/2023 13:06

I think it is showing Boris and his harem and Nadine Dorris looking in as she was to be in the harem but Boris does not want her😂

Peasand · 22/12/2023 13:11

The original is a woman on a train being pestered by a man

Peasand · 22/12/2023 13:12

Here

How would you interpret this picture?
MonkeyPuddle · 22/12/2023 13:17

Well considering I thought it was the actress who played Sabrina the Teenage Witch I don’t think I’m much good at this!

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