Three cheers for Mrs Sarkozy

Cecilia Sarkozy, the wife of the French President, has been back in the news over her involvement in the release by Libya of the Bulgarian nurses it was holding. There have been calls for her to testify before a Parliamentary inquiry into the affair.

But the coverage has reminded me of her so-called gaffe at the June G8 summit where she missed the official dinner for spouses because she wanted to fly back early to prepare for her daughter’s birthday party.

There is something very wrong with the worlds of politics and media where putting your daughter’s birthday party ahead of a slap-up meal for yourself is reported as a gaffe or a snub.