Spice up your life: Why doesn’t Geri Halliwell run for PM?
Geri should consider a political career. Her backstory is classic Tory fare: of private success leading to the green benches, writes Salma Shah
Of course Geri the Ginger Spice is a Tory! Erm, what gave it away? Is it that she’s an aspirational grammar school girl, with a fondness for Mrs Thatcher and donning the Union Jack in grand displays of patriotism?
What’s really amazing is that she isn’t a contender in the Tory leadership race. I’d probably have voted “Mrs Horner” if given the chance because – while back in the day a mixture of Sporty or Scary were my favourites – Geri is the one I’d probably most like to have grown up to be. This is not dissimilar to the “Oasis effect”, as I like to call it – younger me was obviously going to marry Liam Gallagher. Older me, however, realised the error of my ways and understood that it had always been Noel. In a similar way, I now realise that the Spice Girl who truly always had her head screwed on was Geri.
In a move that could now be termed “Gexit”, she took the opportunity to leave an organisation she’d outgrown and made a success of going it alone – and sod the naysayers. It was a courageous decision, and by her own admission she was lost for a bit – but it undeniably worked for her.
Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this article
Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today.
Join our commenting forum
Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies