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Theresa May Has Been Dancing With Schoolchildren And Everyone Is Confused

"Why is she doing The Robot? No one else is doing The Robot."
Rachel Wearmouth
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Political correspondent, HuffPost UK

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Theresa May has been dancing with schoolchildren in South Africa – and it is every bit as awkward as you feared and/or hoped.

The Prime Minister, who chose Abba’s Dancing Queen as one of her Desert Island Discs in 2016, is in Cape Town as part of a three-day trade mission aimed at bolstering the UK’s position post-Brexit.

And when students at ID Mkize Secondary School, which is twinned with Whitby High School in Cheshire, regaled the British premier with some singing, May joined in by having a bit of a boogie.

The shuffle, which comes hot on the heels of heated debate over May’s curtsy to the Queen, has divided opinion on Twitter.

Some were supportive of the PM’s bop.

Theresa May dancing is everything I need in my life right now https://t.co/A61cGn3W2K

— Alasdair Hooper (@adjhooper1992) August 28, 2018

Is it wrong that I have, for the first time, actually warmed to her after seeing this little shuffle?

— Luke Edwards (@LukeEdwardsTele) August 28, 2018

it's 11.30
and the club is
jumpin jumpin pic.twitter.com/AxHEzjV0q2

— Esther Webber (@estwebber) August 28, 2018

Dancing goals! @theresa_may joining in and having A great time. I think that's brilliant. Keep boogying gal #SouthAfrica

— victoria lynch (@toyahc) August 28, 2018

Others were sarcastic.

The UK when Theresa May is dancing. pic.twitter.com/579GqWvzot

— Mike Gibbs 🏳️🌈 (@Mikeggibbs) August 28, 2018

First footage of Theresa May dancing in South Africa pic.twitter.com/XD5f3loppT

— Stuart Henderson (@HendersStu) August 28, 2018

If you ever imagined Theresa May dancing, what - did you think she’d be strutting about like some lithe and funky panther?

— Dan Rebellato (@DanRebellato) August 28, 2018

Many were simply confused.

I see Theresa May had been honouring Nelson Mandela's legacy with some absolutely terrible dancing.

— David Whitley (@mrdavidwhitley) August 28, 2018

Theresa May can frankly say anything she likes at this point because I’m never going to unsee her dancing

— Megan (@meggymoo31) August 28, 2018

Oh! I thought the robot GIFs were tongue in cheek. They mean Theresa May is *literally* dancing The Robot.

It's so much worse from this angle.

(Why is she doing The Robot? No one else is doing The Robot. 🤔) https://t.co/k8GwaOtwjm

— Mike Gibbs 🏳️🌈 (@Mikeggibbs) August 28, 2018

But most people could totally relate.

I dislike pretty much everything about Theresa May, but her dancing looks fine to me. It's as good as I would manage and I get really pissed off when people sneer at other people's dancing. It's school playground stuff. There are plenty of other serious matters to object to.

— john of surrey #FBPE (@johnofsurrey) August 28, 2018

Theresa May dancing is me dancing unwillingly at parties so I refuse to criticise her.

— Stig Abell (@StigAbell) August 28, 2018

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