People with nothing better to do have argued about who Maggie T. represents, with most of the argument being about whether she represents Margaret Trudeau or Margaret Thatcher. Some contend she represents both.

The fallacy here is the belief that art is something which has meaning but disguises it, and that an understanding of art is arrived at by deciphering the meaning which the artist has cunningly disguised. This view of art is of course promoted by high school English teachers, since it makes marking a lot easier. However, it has nothing to do with the practice of artists or of art.

If Herpes doesn't tell us who Maggie T. is, that may well be because her identity is a topic about which he doesn't give a rat's ass.