Mumsnet risk wrath of ‘Mrs Clegg’

First we had Mrs Miliband redefining her role from elusive lawyer to political campaigning wife; now we have another once shy ‘leader’s wife’ tweaking their public profile.

The Liberal Democrats get very grumpy if you refer to Miriam González Durántez as Mrs Clegg, but the Dechert LLP lawyer is described as the ‘wife of Nick Clegg’ by Mumsnet for the launch of their Mumsnet Book of Animal Stories.

None of the other contributors to the book – including Anthony Browne, the former Children’s Laureate and Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts – have been defined by their spouse. Brave…