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Don't really know why or how I've gotten sucked into defending Goody, but I think it's a bit unfair to suggest that because Roy Castle used his battle with cancer selflessly, she has done something wrong. There's always going to be someone you can compare your actions too, and you're always going to be found wanting. Also, Roy was campaigning against a widespread social problem - passive smoking. Jade's cancer, AFAIK, was not brought on by anything as obvious as that. She was just unlucky.
The Guardian covered her wedding today and I was tempted to post the story up, as it's easy to sneer. But they also published an opinion piece by Michael White that makes the point that class and education are huge barriers to social mobility in Britain today. Don't agree with all of what he writes, but that point's a good one.
CHUG_IT, what do you think of Boris? The only differences between Boris and Jade are class (i.e. accent) and educational opportunities. In terms of intellectual vacuity and casual racism they are almost identical.