Tony Blair’s exit from 10 Downing Street will be immortalised by his wife’s 
undignified final blast at the press: “I don’t think I will miss you lot”.
If Cherie feels aggrieved about her media coverage, she has herself to blame. She started off with a clean slate, just like Sarah Brown does now. I remember her refusal to tell anyone if her baby Leo had been given the MMR jab at a time when there were considerable concerns about its safety. I remember contacting her office around that time to ask if she would support a campaign promoting reusable nappies for environmental reasons, but she refused. She did nothing to engage or endear herself to other mothers or women in the country. She also shamelessly exploited her position as the prime minister’s wife to accept lucrative speaking engagements.
I wish Sarah Brown all the very best, she should have learned from Cherie’s mistakes. She knows she has a tough job ahead of her and I am delighted that she will be supporting children’s charities during her time in Downing Street.
Update: And do read Nick Robinson’s report about Cherie looking at him with daggers.
If Cherie feels aggrieved about her media coverage, she has herself to blame.
Exactly. Well said, I was shocked that even now she couldn’t show some good grace and keep her gob shut.
Glad to see the back of Blair but almost just as glad to see the back of that gift grabbing fool too!
[…] Cherie Blair’s unfortunate lack of gob control Ellee hits the nail on the head regarding that obnoxious fool. […]
I don’t recall Cherie supporting charities, none are mentioned here on wikipedia. And also her media problems did not start until after 2002 with Cheriegate and the Australian conman Peter Foster:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherie_Blair
The only good thing I can say about Cherie is that she tried to persuade her husband to sack Gordon Brown. Then there was the Party Conference last year when she accused Gordon Brown of lying when he used his party conference speech to heap effusive praise on TB. I have to admit I’ll miss Cherie (sort of)…..
Perfectly put.
Loved your comments, Ellee. Cherie Blair is such a loathsome, hypocritical, champagne-socialist who would be an absolute nothing if it hadn’t been for the media she’d whorishly courted all the years. She evokes in me a Homer Simpson shudder.
Thanks for letting me rant for a minute.
Ian
I now find myself defending a woman I can’t stand! I’ve never had children but if I did I’d draw the line at reuseable nappies, Ellee. You can’t blame the woman for having her own opinion on it. I understand she HAS done charity work – and if she hasn’t , it’s not obligatory! She does have a career! For once, I thought she looked very elegant today.
The thing that annoyed me most about her was that Bristol house-buying fiasco.
Welshcakes, Cherie was in a privileged position and I would have liked to have seen her closely involved with a charitable project that would have made a difference to many people’s lives. I can’t think of one, but would like to know if that was the case.
Regarding the nappies, Cherie’s reason for refusal was that she did not want to be involved in any issues that involved her children, the same reason she gave for refusing to discuss MMR vaccine. Shshe never gave a personal opinion either way about them.
lol Elle, considering –
Cherie got off lightly on her coverage by the media and the press
could be they never had a large enough wide angle camera lens on hand!
So Blair, hopes to make £6 million a year on the lucrative lecture circuit, writing books and such like good ol’ Bill Clinton.
Isn’t life a peach.
And how much does he hope to get from the Blair Foundation, and from the UN job as Middle East envoy. They clearly don’t pay for results.
But best of all he still gets half his PM salary for early retirement, and an MPs pension
Life is a Comedy!
I agree with much of this, I think she should have kept a much lower profile and I think Mrs Brown will do so.
She is no champagne socialist. Her record in court is a disgrace for taking on non-sesnical cases, often against the government of which her husband was leader.
I really hope they all emigrate.
Your commentary on Cherie is spot on.
Cherie Blair’s parting jibe was neither warranted nor dignified. She brought all the pressure upon herself…has only herself to blame…getting involved with Peter Foster was a big “boo-boo” on her part and that one situation alone, she brought deserved ridicule upon herself. She only revisited that today with her comment.
I do not have a high opinion of her (or her husband)
Not since the news of her believing that Aussie con-artist.
Not since he blindly followed Bush into Iraq
Not having met any of the people involved, my opinions would be largely based on the views of others and the media lens, through the filter of my own prejudices.
However, it does make me smile to imagine the Blairs moved out and took all the toilet paper and light bulbs with them from No.10, just to spite.
The only comfort is to think about how much she must be LOATHING the thought of Gordon!
I agree it was not at all dignified – not the same sort of exit her husband managed to engineer. I also think her abuse of her position is disgusting.
But I don’t agree that her views matter or that she should support charities. Norma Major was a very dignified, quiet person. We do not have a presidency (thank goodness!!) and so we don’t have a “First Lady” (and we wouldn’t have wanted her in that role).
The function of supporting good causes and the British way of life is fulfilled by the Royal family and I don’t want to move to a country where the Prime Minister’s spouse takes on that role.
Oh, Elleee …
You’re starting to make me go all gooey.
(I answered the post on light bulbs and the EU before this one)
Was it true that Cherie once said to Mr Blair “You serve a third term and I’ll eat my hat ?” He saw that this was a distinct and easily achievable possibility and THAT is why he has resigned mid-term.
And Welshcakes – disposable nappies not good, hah ? Well you obviously haven’t had the mixed blessing of twins who, at a young age, had a penchant for pureed brussel sprouts.
[…] As he leaves though, the old vapours intoxicate the nation once more. Blair presents himself as a noble, steadfast leader, too good for his people and the feral press [see also Cherie Blair on that], a tragic Christian figure whose one unpopular decision wiped away the extraordinary record he leaves which one day we will truly appreciate. He stoops to conquer our misgivings and cynicism. Don’t let him. […]
The media despise Cherie Blair because she is a woman who has the audacity to be successful. She should have spent her husband’s time in office at home knitting. If I were her I wouldn’t miss the press either and I fail to see what is so undignified about articulating that.
Just one more point because this really did make me laugh out loud:
Rachel Joyce says:
‘Norma Major was a very dignified, quiet person.’
Would Mrs Major have been so quiet, so dignified while her husband was in office if she had known about his relationship with a certain female colleague? It seems to me that some people believe that Ideal Woman = Doormat.
[…] himself as a noble, steadfast leader, too good for his people and the feral press [see also Cherie Blair on that], a tragic Christian figure whose one unpopular decision wiped away the extraordinary […]