Watch: Theresa May performs bizarre dance as she arrives on stage for crucial conference speech
Theresa May showed no sign of pressure ahead of her crucial conference speech, arriving on stage DANCING to Abba.
In a nod to her Africa dance exploits that went viral, the Prime Minister had a boogie and sang to Dancing Queen to rapturous applause.
Starting the speech in a buoyant mood, Mrs May also joked about her time as Home Secretary, telling delegates: ‘It’s not always glamorous.
‘I have seen the trailers for Bodyguard – and let me tell you it was not like that in my day.’
But it was the PM’s dancing that had everyone talking, with some praising her for her relaxed start, while others simply cringed at her antics:
As Swedish Ambassador I can only say Bravo to @theresa_may for starting her conference speech with ABBA’s Dancing Queen. #CPC18
— Torbjörn Sohlström (@sohlstromt) October 3, 2018
Great to see @theresa_may dance onto the stage to Dancing Queen by ABBA. Classy. #CPC18 pic.twitter.com/4CSk70ZFwg
— James Cleverly (@JamesCleverly) October 3, 2018
Theresa May moving to Dancing Queen once seen can never be forgotten
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) October 3, 2018
Theresa May comes ondancing to Dancing Queen. And people are going bonkers. This is not a joke.
— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) October 3, 2018
Theresa May sense of humour alert 🚨 PM strides onto stage to ABBA’s Dancing Queen, even has a wee boogie on the way. Wonder how hard they had to persuade her to do that?
— Pippa Crerar (@PippaCrerar) October 3, 2018
The PM’s dancing was most recently mocked as she joined in with dancing pupils and scouts on a recent trade trip to Africa.
She said of her dance moves: ‘The children were so enthusiastic about the dancing and I thought it was important to join in. I was trying to copy their moves.
‘I took the mickey-taking in good heart, which is why I tweeted that TV Strictly competitors should get in touch if they needed any tips. All tongue in cheek, of course.’
Mrs May’s speech last year was beset by a series of disasters – a prankster served her with a joke P45, she suffered a coughing fit and the letters on the set behind her fell off as she ploughed on with her address.
The PM told Tory activists: ‘Can I just say, you will have to excuse me if I cough during the speech.
‘I’ve been up all night super-gluing the backdrop.’