On the day her autobiography, ‘Speaking for Myself’ is officially published Cherie Blair joins Jenni on Woman's Hour. Long, intimate and candid extracts of her memoirs have already appeared in many of the national newspapers, igniting a series of ferocious attacks on Mrs Blair herself. She’s been described as ‘vain’, ‘shallow’ and ‘money-grabbing’ and is accused of undermining Gordon Brown when his Premiership is at its most vulnerable. She talks to Jenni about her impoverished beginnings in Liverpool, her time at Number 10, and about whether criticism of her decision to ‘go public’ is justified.
