The Obama Agenda? From my side of the Atlantic, which is a long way off the action I know, it always looked as if the only agenda was to promote the Obama celebrity brand. This has never been more apparent than in the healthcare debate where the important thing was not to benefit Americans, not even those Americans who put Obama in The White House, but to get a bill, any bill, passed in order to be the President who reformed the health system.

Really Barry and Michelle are little different to David and Victoria Beckham … except Dave’s six pack and Victoria’s snake hips are no the result of airbrushing.