I've just noticed that the trouser suit May is wearing today in in Black Watch tartan Tartan always conveys an heir of non-showy hardnosed competence imho. I am absolutely sure she is wearing it on my advice because I still feel disloyal to the female cause for having questioned her slash neck dress at the Party Conference in a MN thread 
NS has not been sporting much tartan of late to my dismay. She still has one of the most enviable high heel collections in public life however.
Now musing on whether BJ would enhance his Blonde Ambitions by adopting tartan and heels for his next high wire and asparagus cricket extravaganza.
Juncker was very funny when interviewed on his Farage speech. He seemed a bit bemused that the British press had missed the slapstick comedy element to the encounter. I think a Good Sense of Humour is important when negotiating and building relationships, especially when the D word has been used.