This has been the week of unanimous public lynching of famous wives. Am I the only person in the world who has found them unsettling?
Now Hillary's a tough lady. She can handle it. But by the end of the two hours - a process which would have made most people cry within about ten minutes - she looked utterly drained. It was all against one. It was nasty.
The main point of outrage was that she compared herself to Diana and Kate McCann. Well, let me add fuel to the flames by comparing her to Hillary Clinton. I contend that in the case of both of these women, there is more bile and ill-feeling felt for them than they merit by any specific action. Most people, if they say they don't like Hillary Clinton, prefer to say "she makes my skin crawl" than talk about her record, and Lady Macca, after all, is just a former model and charity worker. There is a particular type of hatred reserved for outspoken women, and if they are married to much-loved figures so much the worse. Out comes the global husbandly bitterness at bossy wives and mothers. In this week of Hallowe'en, they became witches, and the men of the village bayed for their blood.