Dogs often come to look like their owners – and there are a few theories as to why this might be. Some people may be drawn to pets who possess physical features that remind them of their own. Think women with long hair being more likely to own dogs with floppy ears. Then there are shared lifestyles and habits. For example, larger people owning fatter dogs.
Something similar is at play in the relationship between political parties and their leaders. The Conservatives became more Thatcherite (pro-privatisation, anti-European Union) during her leadership and even more so in the years that followed. The Republican Party in the United States has similarly dumped its commitment to free trade (and, erm, democracy) to become much more like the Donald Trump Party.
