I expect a number of you will see who wrote this and immediately throw yourselves between me and my computer shouting, “Don’t be taken in!” But given who wrote this, it’s fascinating:

The Times - Britney Spears: person or news commodity?
She’s a great singer but obviously ill: we in the media have to decide to leave her alone Alastair Campbell
(a former director of communications and strategy at 10 Downing Street)