Personally I think that politicians with a sense of humour are the most dangerous.

Now that is an interesting observation by cllr. I think it might be a much more interesting topic to explore (maybe in another BS thread since this si getting rather overlong) then continuing to excoriate Thatcher, which reminds me a bit of the way Cromwell's body was dug up for formal execution after the Restoration.

Having a sense of humour, for example, makes Ann Widdicombe a much more appealing politician to people who disagree with her politics than Margaret Thatcher ever was. I suppose that might make her more dangerous in some circumstances. If Reagan and Bush junior hadn't had a sense of humour they'd probably never have been elected, and if the American voters hadn't had a sense of humour they'd never have elected them. (Well, in the case of Bush junior they didn't really, but that is another matter.)