To wish Sir Keir and his wife would not hold hands when working

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They've arrived in Washington DC on official business clutching hands like the Macrons, the Obamas and the Sussexes.

AiBU to find it a bit cringey?

And before anyone asks, yes I do have bigger things to worry about but I fancy a chat.

I find it nice. Not at all cringey.

When Trump held Theresa May’s hand that was proper cringey.

Why are the partners there? It’s always struck me as unnecessary.

I seem to remember that the Camerons did the same thing. It's not as if they were slobbering over each other.

I find it nice too.

I think it's weird that the partners go at all. But I don't care about the holding hands. They probably do it to show the country that mummy and daddy are solidly together unlike the last lot, infantilising which frankly we need a bit of.

YABU this is a you problem not a them problem. It’s your hang up.

I think it's lovely and sets a good example particularly to men.

No I don’t find it cringey at all, looks like a strong partnership. It isn’t work for KS’s wife.

had to get H&M in didn't you. there is a whole topic to bash them.
maybe his wife is shy and needs reassurance.

I think it's quite sweet (and I'm not a big hand holder myself) and it would probably be more commented on if they didn't. I know people ask why do spouses go - but I think at that level it's more about personal relationships between leaders than is perhaps realised.

That can be for good and bad! Reagan and Thatcher, Bush and Blair....

They’re holding hands, it’s not like she’s giving him a handjob.

Go find something actually worth wasting your time and energy over.

I think it's nice but also really not a thing to be bothered about in the slightest.

I think it looks good. They look like a solid partnership. Which means they work well together. Which means the PM will have time to devote to his job and he's not focused on saving or ruining his relationship. He has children already and has time to focus on the job.

I think it's a good thing.

Exactly this. Surely the problem is that she's expected to be there at all, at a time of huge upheaval for their family.

Don't care whether they hold hands. They do appear to like each other, which is a nice thing.

this is a you problem not a them problem

Do you speak like that in real life?

No hang ups. Happy to hold hands with DH now and then but not at work.

He's at work, so yeah, I suppose it is wrong.

I think it's nice and it's normal.

Didn't cross my mind to think it was anything but nice

Someone got out of bed on the wrong side this morning!

I bet his wife thinks she’s in some parallel universe! I know I would, one day working in the NHS the next meeting fellow puppets of the most powerful
people in the world! I mean who really runs the world?!

But they aren't technically at work. Surely the work starts with the meetings so arriving is on their way to work
Plenty of couples hold hands on their way to work or anywhere really

There’s no good reason for unelected spouses to be there at all. And hand-holding is an act for the cameras.

had to get H&M in didn't you. there is a whole topic to bash them.

Oh give over. The Sussexes do hold hands when working. And they're in good company with the Obamas. Just find it cringey.

YABU

Yep always a H&M bashing even when it's completely unrelated to them.