The Washington Coincidence

Cherie 'exploits PM job for cash'

The Tories are demanding a tightening of government rules to prevent Cherie Blair earning "tens of thousands of pounds exploiting" her husband's job.

She is giving an inside account of life in Downing Street in a paid lecture in Washington on Monday, while Mr Blair holds talks with President Bush.

But the Tories want rules for ministers extended to ban commercial activities directly linked to the PM's job.

A Downing Street spokesman said her speech was a "private engagement".

Can you honestly think of a worse way to spend an evening?

All tickets for the lecture - billed as the inside account of the "First Lady of Downing Street" - at the 2,500-seater Kennedy Centre are believed to have been sold at between £33 ($60) and £52 ($95) each.

A Downing Street spokesman said: "Mrs Blair's engagement has been arranged for some time.

"It is a private engagement and she is travelling independently of the prime minister's party.

"If she and the prime minister are in Washington at the same time it is a coincidence."

If you expect us to swallow that horseshit you've got another thing coming. "Darling, I'll be in Washington on Monday. Can you feed the cat while I'm away?", "Sorry sweetheart, by sheer coincidence, I'll be in Washington as well. Could you pop next door to Gordon and ask if he can feed the cat while we are away?"

The "First Lady of Downing Street" indeed! You can see where the Bliar family political aspirations lie. Shallow and pathetic.

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