The women in politics I have always felt really sorry for are those who never expected to be there in the first place
Mary Wilson is the main example during my lifetime. She thought she was marrying an Oxford don & ended up, very uncomfortable, in Downing Street
But now I almost feel sorry for Cherie Blair
She got exactly what she wanted. But now, 50 something, she finds herself not free – all the security that still surrounds her. Unlikely to find that being released from the awkwardness (from the constitutional separation of powers point of view) of being PMs wife will allow her judicial career to soar
Older children leaving the nest
Hardly ever seeing her husband who travels the world he is keen to save, where she has no official role as his wife
No wonder she wants to Speak For Herself
But – oh dear
