NEVER BEFORE.....

It seems that Cherie Blair is threatening to publish a new book of her memoirs. Entitled `Speaking For Myself,` it is due to be unleashed on an unsuspecting public next month.

To coincide with the publication, Cherie has given a recent interview with the American magazine Vanity Fair. In it, she was asked about her husband Tony`s legacy as Prime Minister, in response to which she replied with a rather extravagant comparison to Sir Winston Churchill.

"He (Tony) was fantastic," she chirped. "I`m sure history will judge him very well. I think he`ll be up there with Churchill."

Now this woman is a judge no less, charged with the responsibility to arrive at rational conclusions based on evidence. Standing by your man is ok if you`re Tammy Wynette but I suggest that the legacy of former Prime Ministers is best left for others to determine.

As for me, I find it hard to draw any kind of credible comparison between a Prime Minister who inspired the nation to victory in a war started by others with one who started a war on a false prospectus in yet another vain attempt to cosy up to George Bush of all people.

Never before has so much nonsense been spoken about someone so lacking by someone so mistaken. Just ask Mrs. Kelly.