It isn't often I agree with Lawrence Auster. I certainly never thought we would see eye to eye on bosoms. But how much is too much?

Caroline Flint's cleavage, barely discernible unless you're looking really hard, is one thing:

But Angela Merkel's bosom - "cleavage" doesn't begin to cover it - is quite another:

I'm all for women smashing the glass ceiling, but not while bursting the Bustenhalter. Particularly strange is the contrast between the plunging neckline and the stern, Teutonic face.  This bosom is not enticing but formidable - it is waiting to obey orders. Nicola Copping at The Times had a similar reaction:

As images emerge of the German Chancellor in a plunging evening gown, we ask again: should a world leader dare to bare? Well, if anyone can, Merkel can. With a cleavage the size of two pitchers of Warsteiner, and a steely demeanour, who would mess with the Iron Lady of Europe (and that bosom?). Hands off, Dubya.