Bertie and McCanns will find too much spin makes stone of the heart

PINK was the defining colour of the last week. The shocking fuchsia suit Margaret Thatcher wore to meet Gordon Brown wasn’t just the first thing to hand in the wardrobe. As a former British foreign secretary acidly put it, “she has a perfectly good blue dress at home”. She was seeking attention and she got it, dominating the headlines at the expense of Conservative leader David Cameron’s long-awaited ‘green’ report.

Likewise, Celia Larkin sent out subliminal messages by appearing at the Mahon Tribunal in baby pink. A very different shade from Thatcher’s, it said femininity, vulnerability and, crucially, innocence. The same goes for her evidence. She opted for the Nuremberg defence: “I was just taking orders.”

And when is there a news bulletin without the colour pink? Kate McCann seemingly doesn’t leave the house without her missing daughter’s Cuddle Cat toy ostentatiously peeping from her handbag.