The thoughts of Sarah Vine
On life, looks and world of politics
March 2014
After sending her daughter to a Westminster comp, Ms Vine says of private education: “Its agenda is ... based not only on ability to pay, but also on pupil potential. And it is also, let’s face it, about snobbery.”
July 2014
After her husband is demoted from Education Secretary to Chief Whip, she tweets a link to an article headlined: “A shabby day’s work which Cameron will live to regret.”
Nov 2014
Said of transgender poverty campaigner Jack Monroe (born Melissa): “No one forced her to have a child. But it seems that Ms Monroe isn’t one for assuming responsibility for her actions.”
March 2015
Mocking Ed Miliband’s smart kitchen, she describes her own kitchen as “forlorn” with lights missing and mice living in it. Mr Gove claimed a total of £7,000 in MPs’ expenses for revamping their kitchen.
April 2015
Revealing that she suffers from alopecia, she writes: “I was photographed side on, looking like a half-plucked chicken.“She decides to pay for a permanent hair weave.
May 2015
Days before the general election, Ms Vine lets rip with her views on Speaker John Bercow, right. “Spend your days conniving and plotting, and you’ll rise straight to the top. Just ask John Bercow.”
Sept 2015
Ms Vine criticises the appearance of newly appointed shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander, right, saying she “looks like she needs to lay off the Hobnobs”.
Feb 22, 2016
In an article for the
Daily Mail, Ms Vine admits to having Botox. “I feel a bit of a hypocrite,” she says, after criticising others for doing the same.
Feb 23, 2016
After Mr Gove decides to turn against the PM by backing Leave, she writes: “Ultimately, his view is that true friends can have differences of opinion without letting it affect their relationships.”
March 23, 2016
Ms Vine quits Twitter, saying it has become “a network for terrorists, racists and pornographers – in fact, pretty much anything that in normal life is considered disgusting”.
June 22, 2016
Ms Vine says she would not back Remain. Of their campaign, she added: “‘Not since there was a Borgia Pope at the Vatican have so many thumbs been so comprehensively screwed.”
June 28, 2016
In an email leaked to Sky
News, she tells her husband and his staff: “You MUST have SPECIFIC assurances from Boris OTHERWISE you cannot guarantee your support … do not concede any ground.”
June 29, 2016
She writes: “Given Michael’s high-profile role in the Leave campaign, that means he — we — are now charged with implementing the instructions of 17 million people. And that is an awesome responsibility.”