Showing posts with label royal wedding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label royal wedding. Show all posts

Monday, April 25, 2011

The Royal Guest List Leans Right

The guest list of the royal wedding hints of a bias in favor of conservative prime ministers over liberals.

Invited to see Kate and Wills wed:

Conservative former prime ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major. (Thatcher declined due to poor health.)

Snubbed from the nuptials:

Former prime ministers from the Labor Party, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Recall that Blair referred to Bill Clinton as his "political soulmate."