London rebuff

Since contributing her bit to the loss of John McCains US presidential bid to Barack Obama in 2008 as American voters realised that being able to see Russia from Alaska wasnt sufficient foreign policy experience for the person a heartbeat away from presidency,Mama Grizzly aka Sarah Palin has provided great entertainment. One such example was her recent mystery tour around the US,where she came up with comical lines such as,I love that smell of emissions, whilst on the back of a motorbike during a veterans rally.

Attempting to top off this gimmick aimed at consolidating her Republican credentials,the woman of wise words such as refudiate had high hopes for a meeting with the Iron Lady,former UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,on an upcoming stopover in London. Palin saw such a meeting of power-women as a perfect way to reaffirm her image as a no-nonsense Republican,like the partys hero,Ronald Reagan. Therefore,comments reported in The Guardian from Thatchers aides that such a meeting is unlikely to happen as Sarah Palin is nuts, are unsurprisingly far from what she hoped for. Predictably,being refudiated has set the American extreme right media abuzz.

Whilst public opinion is widely polarised on both women Thatcher widely divides opinion,at home and abroad,Thatchers allies have issued a reality check by deeming Palin frivolous. Although shes a darling of the bigoted tea party movement,which sees attacks on her as politically partisan,globally Palin has failed to strike a chord. Lets see if this dampens her presidential ambitions.