Sunak has since supplanted his taller predecessor and joined an “exclusive club”, said The New European. And research suggests that “long-limbed politicians outperform their stumpier rivals” in the polls because “taller people enjoy higher self-esteem, on average, and are perceived to be healthier, more intelligent and more authoritative”.ĭonald Trump (6ft 2in, according to his driving licence) was prone to taking a pop at other political leaders, including North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (5ft 7in) and London Mayor Sadiq Khan (around 5ft 5in), for their smaller stature.Īcross the pond, an unnamed senior MP suggested in 2021 that Boris Johnson (5ft 10in) was “deliberately” appointing tall ministers to the Treasury, including 6ft 5in Simon Clarke, “to annoy his image-conscious chancellor”, Rishi Sunak, “who stands just 5ft 6in tall”, the Daily Mail reported. US presidents were “becoming taller relative to average Americans”, the magazine reported. “In politics, height matters,” declared The Economist in 2020. “Because everyone he meets, all day and every day, is three inches taller than him.” High flyers “The average height of Russian men is also 5ft 10in, which is presumably why Putin is so angry all the time,” Clarkson continued. Geography appears to be against Putin too. Mussolini wasn’t very tall… Their shortness eats into their very being and they become mad.” And “being not very tall seems to affect people”, Clarkson wrote.

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