Tough nut to crack. Photgraph: PA
Hmm. Maybe Polly Toynbee has a point when she says that the prime minister's wife ought not buy so conspicuously into the culture of cashing in fame for little effort. Richard Ingrams, writing in Sunday's Observer, certainly thinks so.
But at the same time, residence in No 10 probably affords no little insight. Mrs Blair is an intelligent woman and highly respected QC. Her position commands a certain value on the US lecture circuit market, so... why not? Is the story 'person finds way to make money from old rope, others bascially just jealous' or 'person with public service responsibility milks it for lucre'?
The blog is undecided.
