Time now for another edition of "Speak For England, Geri!" as we are given a glimpse into the mind of Ms Halliwell, the woman who described Margaret Thatcher reverentially as "the first Spice Girl, the pioneer of our ideology".
Asked by an interviewer to outline her current cultural pursuits, Geri settles for film news. "I just watched Billy Elliott for the second time," she announces. "Watching it again, it felt much darker and I absorbed more of the political story – how hard it was for the miners."
Yes. 36 years old, and apparently deemed by the UN to be the answer to the crisis in maternal healthcare and the spread of HIV / Aids in sub-Saharan Africa. If only Obama's victory meant that it wasn't just senior diplomats who had to tender their resignation, but goodwill ambassadors too.
