I heard Sarah Vine interviewed on the World at One. She put on a sound fact but in fact, I thought, sounded a tad uncomfortable, as well she should have.
Sadly, as roses said - it's great free publicity for the Daily Wail. That's why they do this kind of thing. It causes a curfuffle and generates hours of free publicity.
It's also a fairly disgusting way to treat two senior politicians. Radio 4 has been running a piece about male politicians and their legs, which has been quite entertaining but also of course, adding to the free publicity for the DW.