WHAT a strange world we live in. As the death toll rises in Iraq, with the country hurtling towards civil war, the tabloid front pages have been dominated by the really big question: Has David Beckham cheated on his wife Victoria?

Sales of the News of the World this weekend are guaranteed to soar because the young woman at the centre of the alleged affair has decided to tell her story.

Rebecca Loos insisted yesterday that she had to tell her story because much of what has been published so far is either "untrue or exaggerated".

The real reason, of course, is that she is being paid £300,000 for supplying the salacious details which millions want to read.

Rebecca Loos will have to live with her conscience but she now has the resources to have a jolly good time while she does so.

David Beckham will also have to live with his conscience if he did betray his wife and two sons.

But for goodness sake, let it be kept in perspective