OPINION: Performer Cherie puts on a polished media act

If Cherie Blair's obviously well-prepared 'clear the air' statement at a charity function on Tuesday tells us anything, it is that she genuinely earns her vast barrister's income - she knows how to perform to an audience.Plenty of people watching her speech will have a had sympathy for this busy career woman and Prime Ministerial consort struggling to keep so many balls in the air at once.