David Kelly died because Blair's government decided to "fix the intelligence" for war around fictitious weapons of mass destruction. Scribbling her name, the very intelligent and sophisticated barrister Cherie could not make the connection, could not sense the symbolism, could not grasp even the moral dimension that separates a suicide from a souvenir. She is the first lady of new Labour, her husband's soul-mate, and a true believer. She speaks, as she would no doubt insist, for herself.