The unhappy marriage of public and private
Why, unfortunately, the McCartney divorce circus matters – read Mick Hume’s column in The Times (London).

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Wednesday 20 March
‘If Gordon Brown seeks a symbol of Britishness today, how about the divorcing McCartneys? In her 11-minute rant to the media on Monday, Heather Mills, the former Lady McCartney, gave a towering exhibition of our new national characteristic of emotional incontinence…’
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