Sewwa jghidu, l-insikurezza tohloq ghatx li ma taqtghu b’xejn.

If there’s a place for Cyrus why not Strauss-Kahn? PL is a liberal (on sex) movement after all.

She’s a successful politician herself, certainly an independent woman.

My hunch is women put up with far too much from their men, are more forgiving and tolerant than men.

What I don’t get is why they do it, though I suspect a lot of women just can’t bear the thought of being without a man.

Why else would so many attractive women settle for unattractive men?

Women are fed fairly tales of Prince Charming from early childhood and nobody seems interested in teaching them the skills required to live life solo.

We are all fed the myth that any relationship even a dysfunctional one will do.

In reality as long as a woman makes a good living, a relationship should be the cherry on the cake that complements her achievements, not the be all and end all.

Recently Cherie Blair slagged off the women who aspire to a Wag’s lifestyle. I suspect a lot of women still view motherhood as a ticket out of working life because with their poor skills they can’t hack it.

Unfortunately self-esteem is not taught in schools and the older generations of women who were financially dependent on their husbands did not set a good example.

I would ban fairy tales and teach girls to be self-sufficient, so that should they ever get into a relationship it would be for the right reasons and not out of co-dependency.

You’re right. His personal life is private and it wouldn’t make any difference at all to his work, would it? And please, that’s according to Labour, of course.

It’s always the same story, the first to abandon a ship are the rats.

While the going was good and he was considered an important man, they all stuck to him, even though they knew of his weakness. Now when he needs their support they throw him out.

Maybe, I don’t know, this is the reason why women always manage to survive.

Perhaps there’s a place for him in Joseph’s skip.

He’s behaved dreadfully all along – only, in the meantime, he was head of the IMF and a potential president of France, and so worth hanging onto.