Why isn't Angie the new Manto?

So there I was, having dinner with my family, talking about Lance Armstrong and yellow bracelets, when I had a random thought: is Angie the new Manto?

They do have an awful lot in common. Both instantly recognisable by a single name. Both spectacularly bad at their jobs. Under Angie, we've embraced chronic and possibly terminal mediocrity. Manto was held responsible for the 365 000 premature deaths.

Both astonishingly thick skinned and breathtakingly obtuse. Sample Manto quote: "I can't stop working. The health of the nation depends on it." Sample Angie quote: "It (delivering textbooks) is an administrative function and it has nothing to do with me as a minister." (She also rated herself 8 out of 10, to the bewilderment of anyone on the receiving end of her magnificent incompetence.)

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