A small black top hat with a trailing red thread rests on a folded grey scarf.

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Maryon Pearson

The big problem is to find suitable hats. I don’t care for them all that much, but you have to wear them in politics.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker's main difficulty is finding suitable hats, which they admit not liking much but say politics requires. Read lightly, the remark treats headgear as a burden of public life, and it may also hint at the roles and appearances a political career demands.

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