The Mail on Sunday has a track record of making up stories. See HERE and HERE .

However, the law of averages says they must be telling the truth sometimes….

Who could possibly be suing them for referring to her in terms that portray her as acting ‘in a shamelessly self-important manner?

It could only be someone who isn’t ’shamelessly self-important’, surely?

Step forward Cherie Blair…..

The wife of the former prime minister is suing publishers Associated Newspapers over a story, which she claims is defamatory, that appeared in October headlined “Cherie keeps her £500k gun police”.

Through her solicitors Atkins Thomson, Blair is seeking aggravated damages, citing the serious and offensive nature of the claims, and also seeking an injunction banning repetition of the allegations.

She claims the story substantially injured her reputation, and caused her considerable hurt, distress and embarrassment……

I don’t remember her suing over that story of her clearing the shelves in an Australian supermarket?

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Old Slaughter January 29, 2010 at 19:04

She’s lovely.
I love her.

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Anna Raccoon January 29, 2010 at 19:06

Yeah, I looked through a lot of pics and thought that one showed her at her best!

Interesting that she launched the action today with all eyes on her husband, ne c’est pas?

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JuliaM January 29, 2010 at 19:08

Surely the ‘Fail’ could make up a story that detailed how she wandered naked into the nearest primary school, stole all the crayons, murdered the class hamster and ordered her bodyguard to take a crap on the head teacher’s desk, and it’d be impossible to prove that that made the public think worse of her..?

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Gloria Smudd January 29, 2010 at 19:08

A good day to bury bad news. Works every time.

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Fred Thrung January 29, 2010 at 19:09

Ouch! Is that really you Ms Raccoon? You write scathing pieces, critical stuff, uplifting blogs, erudite . . . (the thesaurus gave up), sad . . . , true . . . . But bitchy? Surely not?

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Anna Raccoon January 29, 2010 at 19:10

JuliaM

:rofl: :rofl: rofl:

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Anna Raccoon January 29, 2010 at 19:12

Fred,

Evincive is the word you are looking for, and Raccoonish……

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Gloria Smudd January 29, 2010 at 19:23

JuliaM – surely the ‘Fail’ could just say that she’s a lovely-looking woman with a fabulous smile who has never yet had a bad photo taken, let alone had one published?

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hangemall January 29, 2010 at 20:24

More fun and games from the MoS stealing someone’s work/blog here with more details on it here .

Written with some humour.

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Jago January 29, 2010 at 21:40

Popular acclaim has Old Slotgob only at 6th most hated.
Top 10: 1. Jordan 2. Kerry Katona 3. Peaches Geldof 4. Angelina Jolie 5. Fiona Phillips 6. Cherie Blair 7. Gillian McKeith 8. Chantelle Houghton 9. Sadie Frost 10. Natasha Kaplinsky. according to a OnePoll for the Mirror.
I demand a recount; Cherie has been cheated.

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Biffo January 29, 2010 at 21:46

What reputation? How could it possibly be worse than it already is?
And if the article speaks the truth? The sooner she & Tone head off into the sunset to the USA the better for Britain – though historically ,I suppose they should head for Australia.

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T. P. Fuller January 29, 2010 at 23:00

@hangemall: thanks for those links. Very funny (Mr Millington’s plagiarized work), and nice to see the odious MoS trounced.

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Bugger (the Panda) January 30, 2010 at 10:33

Er, what reputation?