She was also angry with journalists for stealing her pics, but her retweets did show a remarkable, and very British sense of humour.
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Born in Norfolk to a French teacher mother and shoe salesman father, he was educated at a grammar school before starting at Oxford and eventually meeting his now wife – who, aged 59, is two years his senior. She is the fourth woman to occupy one of the four great offices of state.
One is the next prime minister of the United Kingdom, the other is a salacious glamour model and adult film star – yet hundreds of Brits appear to be mixing them up on Twitter. But for any of you worrying that you can’t become Prime Minister without a first class degree, don’t panic!
They are known as a private couple who like to stay out of the spotlight and who share a love of cricket.
As party chairman in 2002, she made waves by suggesting that the Conservatives were seen as “the nasty party” and needed to overhaul their image.
In a tweet, the model said she was surprised some people were genuinely confusing her with the former Home Secretary. She rarely got on anything but badly with Michael Gove. Her newfound popularity has got her at least around thousand followers.
Supporters say her achievements include deporting radical cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan – where he was later freed after a decade of legal cases – and standing up to the Police Federation, the powerful police officers union, to try to address a string of scandals.
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Commentators have compared Mrs May with Britain’s last female PM, Baroness Thatcher, leading to comparisons between Mr May and Sir Denis Thatcher.
