Cherie Blair opens her mouth

Cherie Blair last night made her first foray into British politics since her husband announced he was standing down as Prime Minister by attacking the Government for sending pregnant women to jail.

In what will be interpreted as Mrs Blair's first attempt to stake out her own political credo even before the couple leave Downing Street, the human-rights lawyer has warned that sending mothers to prison increases the risk of their children turning to criminality later in life.

I hope this idea is treated like the idiotic idea that it is. How many turn to crime because they know that the law is a soft touch and basically can’t do anything to them? How will this not affect the child into think that they can get away with anything like their mother did?

If you are pregnant and you do not want to go to prison the simple solution is don’t break the law. Once they have the baby in prison they can give it to the father to look after. Simple solution isn’t it? If they don’t know who the father is or they can’t find the father for whatever reason maybe the baby and society will be better off with the baby brought up in foster care.