I know it is wrong but I had to raise a smile at the news that Cherie Blair has been diagnosed with suspected swine flu.

The former Prime Minister’s wife has had to cancel a host of public engagements because of the illness. Mrs Blair started to feel unwell at the beginning of the week. Doctors are reported to have given her a course of Tamiflu and she is now said to be resting as she fights the illness.

Let us hope her recovery is swift. Ahem.